Common Dreams: Flipping on TPP, Hillary Clinton Proves Chameleon-Like on Corporate Trade
Common Dreams: Flipping on TPP, Hillary Clinton Proves Chameleon-Like on Corporate Trade
Clinton had previously hedged on the TPP, a deal that she backed as Secretary of State and championed in her book, Hard Choices. Her main rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Sanders (I-Vt.)—who has made opposition to the deal a centerpiece of his campaign and worked against its advancement in the Senate—said in June he was "offended by Mrs. Clinton’s silence on trade and urged her to share her real views with voters."
"It's becoming increasingly hard for any presidential candidate who expects to be elected to stay aboard this sinking ship," Evan Greer, campaign director for the advocacy group Fight for the Future, said in a statement responding to Clinton's Wednesday announcement.
Whether Clinton's newly minted opposition will stick is another story.
Unlike Sanders' long-standing and consistent opposition to so-called "free trade" deals, NBC political correspondent Mark Murray says Clinton's reverse-course on TPP may not only be a "smart move" for the frontrunner, but also fits a pattern from establishment Democrats.
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