Midknight Review -- new and revised: Obama's and the GOP are working to insure discontent within the Democrat Party.

Obama's and the GOP are working to insure discontent within the Democrat Party.

WASHINGTON — Key congressional leaders agreed on Thursday on legislation to give President Obama special authority to finish negotiating one of the world’s largest trade accords, opening a rare battle that aligns the president with Republicans against a broad coalition of Democrats.

In what is sure to be one of the toughest fights of Mr. Obama’s last 19 months in office, the “fast track” bill allowing the White House to pursue its planned Pacific trade deal also heralds a divisive fight within the Democratic Party, one that could spill into the 2016 presidential campaign.

With committee votes planned next week, liberal senators such as Sherrod Brown of Ohio are demanding to know Hillary Rodham Clinton’s position on the bill to give the president so-called trade promotion authority, or T.P.A.

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AnonymousApril 17, 2015 at 1:09 PM
Presidential comparisons:

Presidential approval on economy:

GW Bush - 19% approve, 76% disapprove -57 9/08
B. Obama - 47% approve, 46% disapprove +1 3/21

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/bushs-approval-ratings-on-the-economy-at-all-time-low/

Obama's Overall Approval at this point in his presidency is most similar to that of Reagan. Obama is at 47% in the last 3 polls, Reagan was at 48% in April '87. (Gallup)

America is looking up and seeing the Obama administration as successful, paving the way for Hillary and the '16 election.
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CLINTON: You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. That’s why I believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength. And you heard how the Republican members led by Mitch McConnell, the president really demeaned the confirmation process.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."