What It's Always About: Money

Well, at least Democratic corporate hacks in Washington are being a little more honest with us about why they refuse to kill a trade deal with a murderous right-wing regime. It's not about principle, it's about what it's always about - money [1]:

Yet Democrats would have faced unwelcome political consequences for voting to defeat the trade deal. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), who has voted for other controversial trade deals, said Democrats would have faced “pretty bad” political fallout among supporters in the business community had they killed the agreement.

So this is what Democrats meant when yesterday CongressDaily said they thought killing the deal "is not seen as a viable political option" [2] despite polls [3] showing the vast majority of Americans opposing our current trade policy. That's the definition of "politically viable" in D.C.: Not whether or not a position is at odds with the American people, but whether it is at odds with Big Money.