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President Obama says Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., “is wrong” to oppose him on a free trade proposal with a dozen Asian countries.<\/p>\n

OK. So, the Democrats are now squabbling.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Republican candidates for president are taking pot shots at each other over a wide range of issues, with tax policy and immigration leading the way.<\/p>\n

There. Now the Republicans are fighting.<\/p>\n

Is this bad? Do these intraparty squabbles harm our form of government?<\/p>\n

Not in the least.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/politics\/why-obama-is-happy-to-fight-elizabeth-warren-on-118537612596.html<\/p>\n

So far it’s been mostly a GOP fight. Democrats have been fairly quiet in assessing each other.<\/p>\n

Until now.<\/p>\n

Warren has emerged as the far left’s champion — oh, maybe co-champ<\/em>, along with independent socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, who ‘s running for president as a Democrat. A lot of lefties want Warren to run. She’s said everything but the categorical refusal to run for president in 2016. She keeps couching her intentions in the present tense — “I am not running” or “I have no interest” in running. None of those responses eliminates the possibility of her changing her mind.<\/p>\n

She disagrees with a free trade deal with Asian nations. The president stands by his insistence that freer trade with our Pacific partners is a good deal for the country.<\/p>\n

So, let’s continue to debate this issue.<\/p>\n

It strengths our political process to have these fights within our respective major parties.<\/p>\n

It’s going to test the mettle of the parties’ nominees when they emerge from their party fracases.<\/p>\n

And, yes, that includes you, too, Hillary Rodham Clinton.<\/p>\n

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