{"id":16093,"date":"2016-07-23T17:08:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T17:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2016-07-23T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T17:08:21","slug":"only-now-kaine-opposes-tpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16093","title":{"rendered":"Only now, Kaine opposes TPP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/clinton-appears-alongside-safe-vp-pick-sen-tim-kaine-at-virginia-campaign-stop_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16025\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/clinton-appears-alongside-safe-vp-pick-sen-tim-kaine-at-virginia-campaign-stop_1-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"clinton-appears-alongside-safe-vp-pick-sen-tim-kaine-at-virginia-campaign-stop_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/clinton-appears-alongside-safe-vp-pick-sen-tim-kaine-at-virginia-campaign-stop_1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/clinton-appears-alongside-safe-vp-pick-sen-tim-kaine-at-virginia-campaign-stop_1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an element of this vice-presidential selection process I find distasteful.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has been a strong supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal favored by President Obama and others within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Now, though, Kaine is about to perform a 180-degree switcheroo and will oppose the TPP as a sop to Democratic Party progressives who might be unhappy with Hillary Clinton&#8217;s selection of Kaine as her running mate.<\/p>\n<p>So, which is it, Sen. Kaine? Are you for the deal or against it &#8230; on principle?<\/p>\n<p>What changed in the TPP treaty that caused him to turn himself inside out?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, <em>nothing!<\/em> Politics got in the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/288971-kaine-will-come-out-against-tpp-report\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/288971-kaine-will-come-out-against-tpp-report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Politicians do this kind of so-called &#8220;pivot&#8221; all the time. My favorite example has been George H.W. Bush flipping from pro-choice on abortion to pro-life the instant he agreed to run in 1980 with Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine is about to become another politician who seems willing to demonstrate that principle &#8212; on many issues &#8212; matters less than political expediency.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an element of this vice-presidential selection process I find distasteful. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has been a strong supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal favored by President Obama and others within the Democratic Party. 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