Well, that didn't take long.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, through her surrogates on the Democratic National Committee's platform drafting panel, appears to already be hedging on her most recent stance on the TPP.
Clinton
flipped her position on the corporate-friendly TPP last October, saying she opposed it after having backed it as secretary of state.
At the time,
Slate ran a piece with the headline, "Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against TPP, at Least Until the Democratic Convention."
Rival Bernie Sanders made opposition to the TPP and trade deals like it a cornerstone of his campaign. He and allies on the committee supported a proposal led by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) that would have added language rejecting the 12-nation, Pacific Rim pact to the 2016 Democratic Party platform.
But in St. Louis on Friday night, the Clinton-allied majority on the committee outvoted the Sanders delegates 10-5 to defeat that proposal, citing President Barack Obama's support for the deal.
Clinton's "First Major Betrayal"? DNC Surrogates Defeat Anti-TPP Measure | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
