Sunday, August 01, 2010

PAUL KRUGMAN LOVES ELIZABETH WARREN











And so do we.

“Why does the Obama administration keep looking for love in all the wrong places? Why does it go out of its way to alienate its friends, while wooing people who will never waver in their hatred? These questions were inspired by the ongoing suspense over whether President Obama will do the obviously right thing and nominate Elizabeth Warren to lead the new consumer financial protection agency. But the Warren affair is only the latest chapter in an ongoing saga. Mr. Obama rode into office on a vast wave of progressive enthusiasm. This enthusiasm was bound to be followed by disappointment, and not just because the president was always more centrist and conventional than his fervent supporters imagined. Given the facts of politics, and above all the difficulty of getting anything done in the face of lock step Republican opposition, he wasn't going to be the transformational figure some envisioned. And Mr. Obama has delivered in important ways. Above all, he managed (with a lot of help from Nancy Pelosi) to enact a health reform that, imperfect as it is, will greatly improve Americans' lives - unless a Republican Congress manages to sabotage its implementation.” (Click here for more.)

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

And why do people think that because somebody went to Harvard that they know what they're doing? As Woody Allen said, Harvard makes mistakes--Kissinger went to Harvard! From the large number of Rebublicans who went to Harvard it is clear that Harvard makes mistakes . . . .

Diamond Jim said...

I would trust what learned at Havard over what's learned from Glenn Beck. Or Woody Alan for that matter.

Anonymous said...

There's a typo in your comment.

Diamond Jim said...

I didn't go to Havard.

Pepsi said...

Few people do.

Anonymous said...

You don't have to go to Harvard to spell Harvard.

Anonymous said...

"Everything that our parents said was good for us is bad. Sun, milk, red meat, college . . ." W.A.