ObamaTrade Defeated (Democrats turn on Obama)

"The House derailed a high-profile trade bill on Friday in a humiliating defeat for President Barack

Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party.

The 302-126 vote left the legislation in perilous limbo, and came not long after Obama journeyed to the Capitol with a last-minute personal plea to fellow Democrats to give him power to negotiate global trade deals that Congress could approve or reject but not change.

"I don't think you ever nail anything down around here. It's always moving," the president said as he departed — a prescient remark given Pelosi's dramatic announcement later on the House floor.

"Slow down the fast track to get a better deal for the American people," the California lawmaker said in a speech that drew handshakes and hugs from Democrats have labored for months to reject Obama's request for "fast track" authority in trade talks." Drudge