“I am in this race because I don’t want to see us spend the next year re-fighting the Washington battles of the 1990s. I don’t want to pit Blue America against Red America; I want to lead a United States of America.” So declared Barack Obama in Full Story »
Posted by Kelly Garrett - via Dan Kennedy, New York Times (Opinion), AllTop, Publish2 (Politics), New York Times (Most Emailed), Opinion Source
Krugman clearly articulates his concerns over the current health care debate and offers suggestions as to how Obama might proceed.
I doubt Obama's opponents will find it persuasive, but the position is clear. Krugman sounds angry, which may turn some readers off.
Krugman views current Rightist attacks on Obama, via the healthcare proposals, as continuation of the irrational anti-Clinton mania "that eagerly seizes on every wild rumor manufactured by the right-wing media complex. This opposition cannot be appeased." Examples show this to be GOP strategy, which he believes only can be thwarted with "a sense of passion and outrage — passion for the goal of ensuring that every American gets the health care he or she needs, outrage at the lies and fear-mongering."
So can Mr. Obama, who can be so eloquent when delivering a message of uplift, rise to the challenge of unreasoning, unappeasable opposition? More »
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