“During the primary season, Democrat Bernie Sanders got a lot of mileage out of attacking the TPP and free trade; by the time the election rolled around, Ms. Clinton had also distanced herself.” This is surely disingenuous as a description of Clinton’s policy reversal. The Washington Times wrote on August 11: “Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to kill the Pacific trade deal that she helped push just a few years ago as President Obama’s top diplomat”. Vowing to kill a deal goes a little beyond distancing yourself from it. It is true that Clinton seemed to leave herself a tiny bit of wiggle room so she could change her mind later on, but that’s her style. The presidential election is over. No need for the Globe editorial team to be a communications branch for the DNC anymore.