Sometimes I get exasperated with President Obama. It's like he wants to be all things to all people. I had thought he had finally found his backbone recently as he began to publicly fight the Republicans over job creation. He introduced a decent jobs package, and when the GOP defeated it, he promised to break it into smaller parts and make the Republicans embarrass themselves by defeating each part. After giving in to the Republicans too many times , it looked like he was finally ready to fight for some progressive legislation.
But now he has turned around and is trying to do something only the corporations (and right-wingers) could love. He wants to create another "free trade zone". He is meeting with the leaders of several Pacific Rim nations, and said that while details need to be hammered out it looks like the eight nations will join the United States in a trade zone agreement. The nations are Australia, Brunei, Chile, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, and Singapore. Japan has also expressed interest in joining the
proposed trade pact.
