the continued sensation that descension that oozes from him rg. trade among the democrats is descending not into a policy issue but a identity/politics debate. where they are debating and all the rest of it. more seriously, look. they have been with him on regulation taxes and spending. most of which has damaged the economy. so at the end of his term he comes up with one thing, free trade, that might help the economy. and he expects progressives to get on board for that? it s a day late and a dollar short for the president on the economy. kim, where does this stand right now that it moves ahead. it is likely to pass the senate but how is it going to fair in the house. that is the problem. the senate was supposed to be the easy part. and in fact we ve had a lot of problems this week. the numbers in the house are not very good. this is going to be a very big lift.
sugar billion calorie taco and soda because it doesn t have any genetically modified food in it. and this is a bad way to make health decisions. all right millennial defend your generation. i think kim has a point. dairy queen this week for example said they were taking soda off the kid s menu. i thought well are they taking dairy queen off the kid s menu? [ laughter ] these gestures are kind of pointless. the larger point they do lead to economic damage or state labeling laws friction. really bull canbalkanize distribution and all these things. and we really need the crops to maintain a higher standard of living. when we come back. hits and misses of the week.
a democratic rebellion nearly derailed president obama s top domestic priority with rubble consepublicans to step in to save toiz trade agenda. mitch mcconnell put it back on the path to a full senate vote next week. but the fate of the legislation is far from certain still and the riff between the president and progressives in his party may prove difficult to mend. we re back can dan henninger and kim strasal. kim, why is the president having such a hard time persuading members of his own party to back him. democrats in particular have never been big fans of trade. labor unions and environmental groups opposed to it. bill clinton it was a big lift and he managed to wring them along. what you have at the moment is a dynamic where there is a progressive wing that is sar
time now for hits and misses of the week. kim. this is a miss to all of those who are now jumping on this amtrak derailment as an excuse to criticize republicans saying they don t spend enough on infrastructure. a little fak. some 6 billion dollars has been powder into this rail line. amtrak has a lot of problems. the biggest is it s mostly owned by the government and subject to all kind of pressures that cause a lot of mismanagement. most of washington has written off chris christie s presidential bid. but not so fast. he proposed an important income tax rate reform. collapse to top brackets to 28%.
kim, are you as pessimistic as steve when has president obama ever put any serious entitlement reform on the table? this is the ultimate unicorn. it doesn t exist. kim, are you as pass mystic as r as our two friends here? the president already came out and said more revenue, an instant deal killer. the question is whether he ll be able to move on some of his own entitlement reform proposals. still ahead, it s been almost three weeks since the affordable care act s health care exchanges went live. after a very rocky rollout, have things gotten any better and who should take responsibility for the mess? n t relieve all your symptoms. new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more sinus symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. oh what a relief it is.