{"id":2543,"date":"2009-12-17T00:44:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T05:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2009-12-17T00:44:42","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T05:44:42","slug":"repostillusions-and-bitterness-paul-krugman-blog-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/17\/repostillusions-and-bitterness-paul-krugman-blog-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::Illusions and bitterness – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

By all means denounce Obama for his failed bipartisan gestures. By all means criticize the administration. But don\u2019t take it out on the tens of millions of Americans who will have health insurance if this bill passes, but will be out of luck \u2014 and, in some cases, dead \u2014 if it doesn\u2019t.<\/strong>
\nvia Illusions and bitterness – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

hmm. This is my reply to Sen. Noy’s vote of NO to the budget. I understand that he needs to build his profile and all but this is purely signaling. I suspect this would bite him if he wins the Presidential elections.
\nfrom the same linked article:<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s happening, I think, goes beyond health care; what we\u2019re seeing is disillusionment with Obama among some of the people who were his most enthusiastic supporters. A lot of people seem shocked to find that he\u2019s not the transformative figure of their imaginations. Can I say I told you so? If you paid attention to what he said, not how he said it, it was obvious from the beginning \u2014 and I\u2019m talking about 2007 \u2014 that he was going to be much less aggressive about change than one could have hoped.<\/strong> And this has done a lot of damage: I believe he could have taken a tougher line on economic policy and the banks, and was tearing my hair out over his caution early this year. I also believe that if he had been tougher on those issues, he\u2019d be better able to weather disappointment over his health care compromises.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By all means denounce Obama for his failed bipartisan gestures. By all means criticize the administration. But don\u2019t take it out on the tens of millions of Americans who will have health insurance if this bill passes, but will be out of luck \u2014 and, in some cases, dead \u2014 if it doesn\u2019t. via Illusions … <\/p>\n

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