Hillary Rodham Clinton placing distance between herself and President Obama “over a contentious trade proposal, encouraging the president to address concerns raised by congressional Democrats and negotiate a better deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations.” The Associated Press,
“No president would be a tougher negotiator on behalf of American workers, either with our trade partners or Republicans on Capitol Hill, than I would be,” Clinton said. But Clinton, who is campaigning Monday in New Hampshire, declined to take a firm stance on the trade deal that has split Obama from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and rank-and-filed Democrats…
In Iowa, Clinton appeared to seek middle ground, saying while some support the deal and others vehemently oppose it, “I kind of fall in the group that says ‘what’s in it?’ And ‘let’s make it as good as it can be, and then let’s make a decision.'” …
“I kind of think people would prefer to hear what your position is — are you for it or against it?” Sanders said, asked later by reporters about Clinton’s trade comments. “Rather than passing the buck and saying well, in a sense, I don’t have a position. That is not leadership.”
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