{"id":15428,"date":"2015-06-13T13:24:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T20:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15428"},"modified":"2015-06-13T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T20:24:40","slug":"fast-track-cracked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/fast-track-cracked\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Track Cracked!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019d be willing to bet that you already know that House Democrats had the integrity to deny Obama Fast Track authority on the TPP.  I hope you also know that the lid in the coffin is not sealed, because John Boehner, aka Agent Orange, is bring it back for another vote on Tuesday.  On this issue, I\u2019m proud of House Democrats and very ashamed of my President.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0613FastTrack\"He made it personal. He appealed to their loyalty. He asked them to give him what every modern president has had. He argued the facts, disputed the politics, quarreled over the history and at times lashed out at those who still refused to stand with him.<\/p>\n

Yet in the end, after years of frustration with Republicans blocking his ideas in Congress, President Obama on Friday found the most sweeping legislative initiative left on his agenda thwarted not by the opposition but by his own party. If not for his fellow Democrats, Mr. Obama would have a landmark trade bill heading to his desk for signature.<\/p>\n

The sting of defeat may be temporary. The White House adamantly insisted on Friday that it made important progress by passing part of the trade package and still has a chance to turn around the vote on the other part. If that proves true, Mr. Obama may yet secure the negotiating authority he needs to seal a legacy-building 12-nation Pacific trade agreement<\/a> and the day\u2019s setback may ultimately be overshadowed.<\/p>\n

But for the moment, at least, the defeat laid bare a fundamental schism within the party over economics and, according to some analysts and officials, exposed a stark divide between Democratic lawmakers and a Democratic president late in his tenure. Once eager to support Mr. Obama, Democrats now are less willing to buck their own labor-dominated base or their own convictions to advance their president\u2019s program<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <NY Times<\/a>><\/p>\n

Chris Hayes<\/a> and his panel covered the story quite well.<\/font><\/p>\n

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