Why Krugman Is Wrong

Newsweek by Jonathan Alter | Dec. 20, 2007 (Opinion)

Why Obama's approach to health care isn't naive.

Krugman calls Obama "naÃ¯ve" and an "anti-change candidate" because he favors bringing all of the players in the health care debate around a "big table" and rejects the populist message of John Edwards, who is apparently Krugman's choice for president. "Anyone who thinks the next president can achieve real change without bitter confrontation is living in a fantasy world," Krugman writes, endorsing Edwards's view that the insurance and drug industries ... Full Story »

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by Donald Carl Isenman - Oct. 1, 2008

I guess it all depends on perspective. To say that there were not bitter disputes during Roosevelt's tenure is to misrepresent the outspoken hatred expressed at everything Rooseveltian. I was a child at the time and even so, remember that aspect of the period vividly. You would have thought he was Hitler except that the latter was shown more sympathy--until WWII finally blew that sentiment back into the closet.