Midknight Review -- new and revised: Stop laughing long enough to read these headlines and you will get a feel for just how embarrassing (to Obama) this (Democrat spearheaded) legislative defeat really was:

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

House Rejects Trade Bill, Rebuffing Obama's Dramatic Appeal — WASHINGTON — House Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday, torpedoing his ambitious push to expand his trade negotiating power — and, quite likely, his chance to secure a legacy-defining trade accord spanning the Pacific Ocean.

Discussion: Power Line, HIVPlusMag.com, Wall Street Journal, Advocate, Outside the Beltway, Slantpoint, Common Dreams, Business Insider, Hit & Run and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

House deals humiliating blow to Obama in trade fight — Defying President Obama, House Democrats on Friday rallied to vote down legislation granting aid to workers displaced by trade, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the fast-track legislation that had been scheduled to hit the floor.

Discussion: Hit & Run, The Last Refuge, RedState and PoliticusUSA

Ian Swanson / The Hill:

Pelosi defies Obama on trade — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a meandering but dramatic floor speech on Friday announced her vote against a measure providing assistance to workers displaced by trade. — “If TAA slows down the fast-track, I'm prepared to vote against TAA,” Pelosi said.

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Political Wire

William Finnegan / New Yorker:

Why Does Obama Want This Trade Deal So Badly? — The political battle over the enormous, twelve-nation trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership keeps getting stranger. President Obama has made the completion of the deal the number-one legislative priority of his second term.

Discussion: Prairie Weather and rubber hose

Politico:
Obama: A vote against trade is a vote against me

Discussion: Hot Air

Associated Press:
House rejects Obama on trade authority

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Associated Press, US News, Hot Air and The Hill

David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama-backed trade bill fails in the House

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit and Bloomberg Business

Politico: Dems deal Obama huge defeat on trade

Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
ObamaTrade Relaxes Visa Process for Pakistan

Discussion: Tea Party, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit

The Huffington Post:
Obama Heads To Capitol Hill To Save His Trade Agenda

Discussion: Slantpoint and Political Wire

Politico:
Will Dems rescue Obama's trade pact?

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."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Stop laughing long enough to read these headlines and you will get a feel for just how embarrassing (to Obama) this (Democrat spearheaded) legislative defeat really was:

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