The circus surrounding the  Obama fast track trade bill has come full circle.  You can’t make this up.  The Republican establishment is pushing to give Obama more power to make secret trade deals and Democrats are blocking it.  So far, the politician who got this right is Rick Perry.  He said that free trade is a good idea, but the problem is that we can’t trust President Obama.

Democrats are opposed to the trade bill because they are owned lock, stock and barrel by the unions.  The Republican establishment is for the trade bill because they believe that free markets benefit everyone.  A lot of Republicans joined with Democrats to block the trade agreement because they don’t trust Obama.

This is what the Republican establishment cannot understand.  It is irresponsible to make any legislative deal with a President who has zero intention of upholding his end of the bargain.  No deal is a good deal if it requires good faith action by this President. If Republicans want to stay in power, they need to block Obama at every opportunity.  When Nancy Pelosi is willing to stand up to Obama, there is zero excuse for Republicans negotiating with him on anything.

The Obama Presidency will be officially over in just over 18 months.  He is already the ultimate lame duck President with virtually no support from either party on any issue.  Today was just a sign of things to come.  It is time to remember that liberals have a nasty habit of turning on their leaders.  That is why the liberal leaders in Great Britain resigned after the last election.  Liberals, who are incapable of realizing that they are wrong about nearly everything always blame piss poor results on their leaders.  Obama is learning that the hard way.

TDM