Policy and and issues and principles and the environment, etc., are not nearly as important as getting into, and staying in, office.
That is the entire bottom line, in a nutshell.

Only social issues that do not really cost much money are advanced. Only social issues that increase profits are advanced, like the ACA. That's why single payer won't happen - no huge profits in that.

We seem to have accepted the false Sophie's Choice and the false equivalence of social issues and economic issues - we can have gay marriage, but, ridiculously, that will be supposed to make the TPP palatable. And that will happen quickly, I think, because Hillary does not want to have to talk about it. That is, if we have primaries at all. A push seems to be on, subtly, to say that well, since EVERYONE who is a Dem loves Hillary, why spend all that money and time, right?

I also think that passing things merely to ensure some sort of "legacy" is horrendous. Real people will be hurt by the TPP.

Why ANYONE would vote in favor of it surprises me. I can see leaks all over the country. Shame on them all.

to mean he's gonna do a hard right stance too

State Department numbers he said. I just shook my head and told him it would be the same group of people hired over and over and over. The jobs would disappear quickly and then there would be between 30 to 50 permanent jobs and a great threat of pollution.

He did bristle. He has gotten a lot of flack, especially from his core supporters