Mitch McConnell Says Obama 'Has Done An Excellent Job' Pushing Trade Deal

[Ichingcarpenter]

"The president has done an excellent job on this," McConnell said in an interview with ABC's "This Week." "I point out to my members who are somewhat squeamish, as you can imagine, giving the president the power of any issue, given his expansive view of his powers on so many other issues. But this is a trade promotion authority not just for President Obama, but for the next president as well. This is a six-year trade promotion authority bill that will give the next president an opportunity to enter into additional trade agreements with other countries around the world."



Fast-track authority faces a significantly more difficult path in the House. Nearly all Democrats are opposed, as is a strong contingent of Republicans, who are hesitant to hand Obama a victory.

And yet Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was confident Sunday that the measure would pass the lower chamber.

"We will have the votes," Ryan said on CNN's "State of the Union." "We're doing very well. We're gaining a lot of steam and momentum."



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/17/mitch-mcconnell-tpp_n_7300842.html

[MyOwnPeace]

1. If.............

"Turtle" is for it, it MUST be wrong!!!!

[joshdawg]

12. ^^^This!^^^

If the right wingers like it, it's bad for the country.

[L0oniX]

2. Well it's good that Obama and Mitch are finally getting along.

...but hey ...let's keep it in mind that if you are not for Hillary you are with the repukes.

[Scuba]

5. Snort!

[Segami]

6. Heh, heh...

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. The further adventures with middleman

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[Kablooie]

3. Whee! Obama is becoming the sweet darling of the Republicans.

Look at em' start to snuggle.
His legacy is beginning to wither on the vine.

Now when you think of it, Obamacare was a Republican plan in the first place so it's all beginning to make sense.

Bye bye Change.
Hello Same Ol' Same Ol

[bigwillq]

4. It's so cute how they are BFFs.

[99Forever]

7. Lie down with turtles...

[randr]

9. Now that is a RED FLAG if I have ever seen one!

I would not for one second think that anything Mitch thought was a good thing would ever be a good thing for America.

[CanonRay]

10. Mr. President; Please look around and see who your friends are on TPP

that should be enough to make you re-think your position.

[demmiblue]

11. McConnell, Ryan et al.

[NorthCarolina]

13. Imagine if he had put forth the same effort to talking up a public option

during the healthcare debates.

[AzDar]

14. Jaysus.

[Octafish]

15. Warning! Warning!

Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!

[Caretha]

16. If this doesn't gag you

nothing will.

[CharlotteVale]

17. Obama finally has

what he always wanted.

[marmar]

18. Spin control is MIA in this thread.

This one must be kinda difficult to come up with a counter talking point for.

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. The turtleman has given his best accolade to Obama

for doing what the turtleman wants done.......

[L0oniX]

20. I'll try: So if you are for Obama then you are with the repukes.

We're already hearing the same garbage about negative Hillary crap. (If your against Hillary you are with the repukes. )

[marmar]

21. LOL. Yep. It's like a really bad PsyOps experiment.

[Jamastiene]

22. That, alone, should give Democrats pause.

Future presidents, including Republicans, will be given the same authority too. Think about that. Jeb Bush with the authority to unilaterally act on any deals he wants.

And if Republicans are praising you, you are doing it wrong.