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Iran nuclear deal to test relationship between Obama, political parties

Experts claim that the nuclear deal between the P5+1 countries and Iran reached on Tuesday will challenge the relationship President Barack Obama has with the Republican and Democratic parties.



WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Thomas Zimmer The nuclear deal betweenthe P5+1 countries and Iran reached onTuesday will challenge the relationship President Barack Obama has withthe Republican and Democratic parties, experts told Sputnik.
The real problem will be withsome Democratic voters and many Democratic senators and congressmen who will oppose this [agreement], Boston University Professor ofMass Communications and Public Relations Tobe Berkovitz said.


Berkovitz sees Obama having a hard time equally betweenDemocratic voters and Republican ones.

He explained that Americans are much more concerned aboutdomestic politics, especially the economy, and the Iran nuclear deal likely will not be much ofan issue outsideWashington, DC.

Jewish voters inparticular, he predicted, will likely split betweena more liberal group versus a more conservative one that would be more concerned withthe agreement given that Iran has stated it wants toeliminate the state ofIsrael.

Berkowitz concluded the Iran deal will not make a great difference inthe 2016 presidential election sincethe leading Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are likely tobe forthe agreement while most US Republican presidential candidates will be unanimously againstit.

The Iran nuclear agreement will be a test forRepublicans and Democrats and their ability towork withPresident Obama onpolitical issues, Boston University Assistant Mass Communication Professor John Carroll told Sputnik.
This is a litmus test forboth Democrats and Republicans, Carroll said. I think its testing their relationship withObama and testing their positions onforeign policy thats going tobe sort ofemblematic ofwhere they stand interms ofAmerica inthe world.


Carroll explained the Iran deal will be especially troublesome forHillary Clinton because she was forthe deal previously, butis now expressing doubts bystating the need forverifying and oversight inimplementing the agreement.

The Professor noted Clinton has a clear record ofwhere she has stood forin her political career, and her naivet instating the Iran deal will close the lid onTehrans nuclear program demonstrates wishful thinking.
I think theres a lot ofverifying that needs togo on, Carroll concluded. And if any ofthat starts tolook squirrely tothe American public, that will elevate the issue tothe presidential election level.


University ofMiami Communication Professor Thomas Steinfatt told Sputnik the Iran nuclear agreement will not separate Democrats and Republicans sincethat has been done already, and there appears some unity intheir responses tothe deal.

It will be difficult tocause more division inthe Congress betweenDemocrats and Republicans thanexists, and a number ofDemocrats appear toquestion it, withoutreading it, alongwith the vast majority ofRepublicans, Steinfatt explained.

He stated the issue will come upbig duringthe 2016 presidential campaign, butits importance will be lessened if Congress refuses togo alongwith the deal.

By Sputnik


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