http://hotair.com/archives/2015/04/23/david-frum-elizabeth-warren-is-probably-going-to-run/Following a brief feint in which the White House masterfully exploited the servility of congressional Republicans to create the impression that Barack Obama was still firmly in command of the country?s destiny, the revolt of liberal lawmakers over a proposed free trade has made it clear that the president is very much a lame duck.
The internecine fight among Democrats over the Trans-Pacific Partnership has elevated Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to the status as chief liberal opponent of a Democratic White House. ?The government doesn?t want you to read this massive new trade agreement. It?s top secret,? Warren said in a statement responding to the president who singled her out as his central adversary. ?Why? Here?s the real answer people have given me: ?We can?t make this deal public because if the American people saw what was in it, they would be opposed to it.'?
?If the American people would be opposed to a trade agreement if they saw it, then that agreement should not become the law of the United States,? her statement continued.
In an appearance on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow on Wednesday, Warren added that she was worried that the authority Obama is seeking from Congress that would allow him to bypass the legislature to craft and enact trade deals could be misused by future p
