Ted most certainly DID TALK TO PEOPLE and continues to talk to people.
The people he is talking to are his Texan constituents, the people he made promises to and he is keeping his promises.
Really? Is the Cruz campaign still saying that TPP is “not complete” even after the Australian trade commissioner was quoted as saying it was finished but for a week of negotiations? Is that the kind of talk you are refering to?
I believe Cruz has been talking. The problem is his “talk” has been full of half truths and dissembling trying to excuse his enabling and defacto support of Obamatrade. It’s a sad day when Ted Cruz stands with Barack Obama and against Main Street USA. But it is what it is.
> “Really? Is the Cruz campaign still saying that TPP is “not complete” even after the Australian trade commissioner was quoted as saying it was finished but for a week of negotiations? Is that the kind of talk you are refering to?”
Why change the subject from what drives Ted to keep his promises to his Texan constituents? Is it because you have no satisfactory answer otherwise? Yeah, that’s it.
And as to your sad attempt to divert attention to Australian officials, are you saying Australia represents and speaks for the 12 countries that are said to be parties to the TPP? Because possibly Australia may be done except for a week of negotiations, but there’s no evidence that all the countries of TPP are done or are even in agreement.
For your information, my international experience and contacts point to Obama having nothing to bargain with except for assets that he won’t touch such as American crude, LNG, Texas beef and military arms. These categories are all controlled by conservative interests. Obama and the democrats won’t touch them because they will not empower their opposition. Evidence of this fact is posted here clear as a bell:
http://elizabethwarren.com/blog/heres-what-this-fight-is-all-about
What Obama wants is control of Climate Change Tax and Regulatory infrastructure development because at root it is a direct hostile takeover of industries controlled by conservatives, the nemesis of the hard-core left.
Obama has not enough time to see Climate Change plans implemented but he knows Hillary will have the time if she is elected WHICH CAN HAPPEN IF ONLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AND ARE VOTED DEMOCRAT. That’s their game plan.
Admittedly it is disturbing that Obama wants TPP and other trade deals so bad but that is his dog barking to his masters in the hard-core left. Boehner is also barking and howling the same as he is a compromised alcoholic with skeletons in his closet. Boehner is also heeding the demands of the hard-core left high command. I find that disturbing but not surprising.
Ted Cruz is keeping his promise to this Texan constituents who are pushing for him to get TPA now because it’s the only way they can open up markets for selling their American resources, products and services. Because in 2017 if TPA were to be shelved until 2017, it would only pass if there were 60 cloture votes in the Senate and the democrats are never going to give enough votes if Ted Cruz is president. So it’s now or never.
Ted Cruz is in the position that he must keep promises he made to his constituents and at the same time while running for President he must educate and articulate to the American people what TPA is all about. And judging by the crowds he is attracting and the enthusiasm he is generating, he’s wildly succeeding.
Anyways, you can divert and lie and make up sh*t all you want because now that TPA appears to headed for reenactment, it will require TPP, TISA, TTIP and all other trade deals to be made public for at least 60 days prior to voting up or down. And that means we all get to see what’s in TPP, and to judge for ourselves whether there’s benefit or not. So you won’t be able to bullsh*t your way to disparaging Cruz or anyone by ranting out conspiracy drivel.
One thing we can say with certitude is that every president since FDR has had TPA except for Obama and now that it is on the verge of being reinstated, there is an uproar about TPA.
Thus, TPA is not the culprit, Obama is.