5 thoughts on “Krugman Getting Nervous About His Treasury Secretary Gig”
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[T]he timing of the Sanders rant was truly astonishing. Given her large lead in delegates — based largely on the support of African-American voters, who respond to her pragmatism because history tells them to distrust extravagant promises — Mrs. Clinton is the strong favorite for the Democratic nomination.
Is Mr. Sanders positioning himself to join the “Bernie or bust” crowd, walking away if he can’t pull off an extraordinary upset, and possibly helping put Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in the White House? If not, what does he think he’s doing?
Holding people accountable for their past is O.K., but imposing a standard of purity, in which any compromise or misstep makes you the moral equivalent of the bad guys, isn’t. Abraham Lincoln didn’t meet that standard; neither did F.D.R. Nor, for that matter, has Bernie Sanders (think guns).
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The Sanders campaign has brought out a lot of idealism and energy that the progressive movement needs. It has also, however, brought out a streak of petulant self-righteousness among some supporters. Has it brought out that streak in the candidate, too?
Hoo-boy, Krugman is gonna hear it from the Bernie Bros today.
It’s one thing for the Sanders campaign to point to Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street connections, which are real, although the question should be whether they have distorted her positions, a case the campaign has never even tried to make. But recent attacks on Mrs. Clinton as a tool of the fossil fuel industry are just plain dishonest, and speak of a campaign that has lost its ethical moorings.
The whole thing was unseemly and, if some accounts are to be believed, based on an inaccurate WaPo headline. But at least they're still not talking about each others genitalia.
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Also too: "Not cute anymore."
Hoo-boy, Krugman is gonna hear it from the Bernie Bros today.
Zing!
The whole thing was unseemly and, if some accounts are to be believed, based on an inaccurate WaPo headline. But at least they're still not talking about each others genitalia.
This is good news for Joseph Stiglitz.