"Leadership: House Democrats handed President Obama a stinging defeat on Trade Promotion Authority Friday, halting the necessary presidential authority to negotiate new treaties. Obama has no one to blame but himself.
"President Obama has had at least three years to get his ducks in line in Congress to ensure passage of Trade Promotion Authority, commonly known as fast track, a routine authority to ensure that a president has the capacity to complete proposed trade deals, such as the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is wrapping up after years of talks.
"Instead, his TPA bill went down in flames with Friday's House vote, mostly because his fellow "Democrats' refused to support it. That speaks to a failure in presidential leadership on free trade rare in U.S. history." . . .
Robert J. Samuelson: Obama’s leadership failure
Obama’s abdication of responsibility may be in his political self-interest, but it is profoundly hostile to the national interest.
The Failures Of Obama’s Leadership . . . " For the most part the public impressions about the President’s leadership abilities are set in stone thanks to the events of the past five years. Some of the perception that has set in is due, no doubt, to the incessant criticisms from Republicans in Congress, but in the end the President has nobody to blame for the situation he finds himself in but himself.
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