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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Did Obama's strong support of the TPP up until the election harm Hillary? [View all]Akamai
(1,779 posts)18. Obama was very, very clear all along -- he was hugely for it although when
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he ran in 2008, he assured union members and the public that no trade deal would be negotiated in secret, that no trade agreement would pass if it harmed American workers, etc.
Once again, I think Obama was an absolutely wonderful president in almost all ways. And so would Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley and others attest to, but the TPP is an area in which people strongly disagree with him.
Indeed, opposition to the TPP was a major plank in Bernie's platform.
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Did Obama's strong support of the TPP up until the election harm Hillary? [View all]
Akamai
Jan 2017
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And major proponents of the TPP outperformed Trump in their respective states...
Garrett78
Jan 2017
#33
I'm betting down-the-road we'll appreciate Obama's support for trade. Canada's Trudea likes TPP.
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#4
Agreed. I think we'll learn to appreciate a lot about his vision in the next couple years.
JHan
Jan 2017
#8
Actually, if you look there were unions, environmentalists, universities, economists, and many more
Hoyt
Jan 2017
#13
thats nice, but they still voted for Kasich , johnson over feingold and portman over strickland
JI7
Jan 2017
#26
Things are cumulative -- maybe they would have been more likely to vote for Hillary (I think so) if
Akamai
Jan 2017
#27
Hillary did better than dems who were anti trade and worst than dems who were pro trade
JI7
Jan 2017
#28
I sent Feingold a fair amount of money but Johnson got more and more and more...
snowy owl
Jan 2017
#29
Now it's Obama's fault. Is there anyone else we need to blame before we get to HIllary?
Exilednight
Jan 2017
#31
Right, Comey... voter suppression and Russia had NOTHING to do with why she lost :rolleyes:
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#38