How about a Thanks Ralph for the result. Notably, againt the argument of those who said Clinton made it more likely for trade agreeements to pass, this vote is proof of the opposite. Fast track failed under Clinton, but despite overwhelming Democratic opposition in the House, it picked up so many more GOP votes under Bush that it was pushed through to passage.
Folks will no doubt bitch about individual Dems who crossed lines to support the legislation but this vote is as irrefutable empirical disproof of the argument that we gain ANYTHING from having a GOP President as it comes. Even on an issue where Gore and Bush agreed, the result was worse under Bush than it would have been under Gore.
Nathan Newman nathan at newman.org http://www.nathannewman.org