--- Nathan Newman <nathan at newman.org> wrote:
> There's been remarkably little commentary on the
> passage of Fast Track last
> week.
>
> 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
>
>
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