the new nafta still sucks but it is an improvement over the old one, and while sanders needs to campaign on an even better one, i actually expect that he'll vote for it, in the end.

i'm actually interested in how this debate unfolds, because sanders is in a very delicate and wonkish position that may be difficult to get across to voters.

canada's liberal party had this problem in the 1987 election - it took a complex position on nafta, and then couldn't get voters to understand it. in the end, they got squeezed between the party that was clearly for it (the conservatives) and the party that was clearly against it (the ndp).

but, is this a ballot issue in 2019?

if you were thirty years old in 1987 and lost your job in the 90s, you'd be nearing retirement at this point.

we're coming up on a point of generational overturn on this; this might be our last chance on it.