… The conflict between a pro-free-trade presidential wing of the Democratic Party and an anti-free-trade congressional wing has the potential to become a permanent fixture of the center-left. The conflict gives expression to both the downscale forces in the party that lean against trade and the pro-trade upscale forces.
At the moment, the Democratic Party has the ability to tolerate internal tension over trade, unlike abortion or same-sex marriage. CONT.
Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times