Look what NAFTA did to Ecuador and then tell me I'm posting too much about the TPP

[pampango]

112. Thou doth protest too much? I made no such accusation here or the post you linked to.

I have posted that a low-tariff trade policy is consistent with FDR and Democratic tradition and less popular with republicans than it is with Democrats.

In this thread alone I have posted that both parties have wings that support and oppose these trade agreements. If that seems consistent making the accusation: "you must be a teabagger if you are opposed to free trade agreements", you have a different memory of McCarthy's tactics than I do.

"...no majority part of any partisan group -- including Democrats -- supports any of the "free trade" agreements."

If I posted that a majority of Democrats support free trade, I apologize. (I don't think I posted that, but you could be right.) The truth is that a plurality of Democrats support "free trade", not a majority, while a majority of republicans (and a supermajority of tea party types) oppose it.

And on the poll you posted, thank you. I think that puts Democrats in a positive light as well. A plurality of Democrats polled thought that 'free trade' was bad for US jobs, wages and economy. A majority thought that these agreements were good for the poor in developing countries.

It does not surprise me that Democrats supported 'free trade' over all, even though it was not beneficial for themselves, because it helped poor people in other countries. republicans, OTOH, thought 'free trade' was worse for the US than Democrats thought. And, of course, even though they also thought it benefited the poor elsewhere, a majority oppose the policy.

As a Democrat, I have supported many policies over the years that 'hurt' me but were beneficial for others, perhaps more needy. Most Democrats have probably done the same. For republicans, if the policy does not benefit ME, they will not support it.