Back in Xela

Not posting until I can get ahold of my photos, but I thought I'd post something because I think my mom thinks I died. Hi Mom.

Krugman's latest on the stimulus. Not looking pretty.

"Mr. Obama’s postpartisan yearnings may also explain why he didn’t do something crucially important: speak forcefully about how government spending can help support the economy. Instead, he let conservatives define the debate, waiting until late last week before finally saying what needed to be said — that increasing spending is the whole point of the plan."

The basic point of the article is that Obama went too soft, which allowed Senate Republicans to take ahold of the bill and remove the immediately effective measures, replacing them with permanent tax cuts that pass money right back up to the top. I smell the rotten '90's coming back around.

During the campaign a lot of far-lefty doom/gloom types were recasting the tired doom/gloom mantra that X Democratic candidate is "just a Republican in disguise." What Krugman seems to be saying instead is that Obama has been chilling in the Dem doghouse for far too long, where he has maybe learned to be completely ineffective at taking control of a debate?

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