https://www.yahoo.com/politics/how-the-white-house-failed-on-trade-by-ignoring-121767395951.html
Obama sucks............................
Last week, 157 House Democrats voted against giving Obama fast-track authority and 144 House Democrats blocked a provision they favored — to provide compensation for American workers who lose their jobs as a result of international trade — in order to ensure that the entire trade package would go down.
Those numbers alone tell a focused story of sustained opposition to one of the president’s top policy priorities for the fourth quarter of his administration. But the frantic effort from Obama himself, making two rare visits to House Democrats within 12 hours last week, underscored a messier and larger reality: Since Republicans took over the House in 2011, the White House has struggled to foster relationships with its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill.
Obama sucks............................
Last week, 157 House Democrats voted against giving Obama fast-track authority and 144 House Democrats blocked a provision they favored — to provide compensation for American workers who lose their jobs as a result of international trade — in order to ensure that the entire trade package would go down.
Those numbers alone tell a focused story of sustained opposition to one of the president’s top policy priorities for the fourth quarter of his administration. But the frantic effort from Obama himself, making two rare visits to House Democrats within 12 hours last week, underscored a messier and larger reality: Since Republicans took over the House in 2011, the White House has struggled to foster relationships with its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill.
