How Bloody Will The Post-Trade Democratic Civil War Be?

BuzzFeed - Trade opponents and proponents agree: the battle is not about Democratic voters. It's about Democratic activists. What happens to them after the dust settles on the biggest fight between Obama and his base of his presidency is anyone's guess. President Obama and Senator Elizabeth Warren in July, 2013. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Images WASHINGTON — There's a secret to the bloody war over trade happening inside the Democratic Party in Washington: No one, on either side, actually thinks Democratic voters care that much. The fight over trade — or, more precisely, the Obama administration effort to regain so-called "fast-track authority" to install a sweeping new trade deal with Pacific nations — will reach its final conclusion on Friday, capping off the low point in Obama's relationship with the activist left of his second term. Obama allies like Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown are excoriating him on the Senate floor. Progressive groups are pulling