Long before the 2014 midterm-elections, I was one of the few people on this site warning members of the Democratic Party to prepare themselves for huge losses during the midterm elections. For holding that position, I was vilified. But in the end, I was proven right.
So, here is another prediction I will posit, one that will probably draw the same type of reaction, but one that I’m even more confident to make: If the TPP passes, no matter how many Democrats vote against it, the Party will suffer huge losses in 2016. And because Hillary Clinton has failed to take a forceful stand against the TPP, she will be the primary victim of voter anger, and the Democratic Party will pay dearly for supporting her candidacy. For her to say she has a few problems with the agreement isn’t the same as taking a principled stand such as the one staked out by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
And I’m not alone in making that prediction. Gaius Publius posted the following comment at Digby's Hullabaloo today:
Two things I do know. First, if Democrats push Fast Track and TPP over the finish line, it could be a bloodbath at election time. (That's a warning for Republicans as well.) And second, if Democrats push Fast Track and TPP over the finish line, it should be a bloodbath at election time (my emphasis).He’s correct, because the most motivated voters in 2016; the people who will vote with the most passion, the group that will be most eager to get revenge against their representatives in D.C. are the anti-TPP forces.
They are that fucking angry.