thedemocraticstrategist.org - 2/10/2009
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Note: this is a guest post from Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, offering his own take on the debate over President Obama's handling of the stimulus legislation. We invite and intend to publish different points of view...
salon.com - 2/13/2009
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salon.com —
The New Republic 's John Judis today has
an excellent analysis of the politics behind the stimulus...
package -- one which applies equally to most other political controversies. Judis argues that the stimulus package ended up being far inferior to what ...
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Obama and liberals: a counter-productive relationship - ...
thinkprogress.org - 2/9/2009
cato.org - 2/10/2009
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cato.org —
White Paper February 9, 2009 Paul Krugman's Nostalgianomics:
Economic Policies, Social Norms, and Income Inequality by Brink...
Lindsey What accounts for the rise in income inequality since the 1970s? According to most economists, the answer lies in ...
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Paul Krugman's Nostalgianomics: Economic Policies, ...
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From the "Don't panic" file.
Upper Left —
Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, counsels calm... ...Obama is keeping faith with the people who elected him. He’s also maneuvering the Republicans into a position where they appear as dogmatic, lock-step partisans –and politically impotent to boot, since they can’t block a big stimulus bill from passing. And let’s face it: While the president has tried to foster a new spirit of comity and cooperation, the stimulus plans make very few concessions to GOP demands when you look at the big picture.It seems a bit much ...
Will Marshall Proposes Another Prize for Krugman
Angry Bear —
Robert Waldmann Mashall wrote New York Times columnist Paul Krugman came out blasting yesterday, all but calling the president a postpartisan wimp. Obama’s stimulus plan, he said, is too small to plug the hole in our economy created by faltering private demand. And he chided the president for allowing a bipartisan group of Senate moderates to strip various provisions out of the House bill. In language that could qualify for a Pulitzer Prize in hyperbole, Krugman claimed that the dastardly centrists would kill hundreds of thousands of jobs and ...
It's True, But You Shouldn't Say It
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
I suppose Krugman says all that needs to be said in response to Will Marshall, but I can't resist quoting the content -- such as it is -- of Marshall's substantive critique: In language that could qualify for a Pulitzer Prize in hyperbole, Krugman claimed that the dastardly centrists would kill hundreds of thousands of jobs and cut vital health care and food programs, while offering new a fat tax break to affluent homeowners. On food stamps and aid to states, Krugman makes a fair point. But some of the education provisions are more questionable ...
Oh, dear, Miss Morse
The Sideshow —
... Will Marshall earned yesterday's Wanker of the Day award from Atrios for his moronic attack on Krugman, but even if you don't read the article, read the comments, which are ten times smarter than Marshall is. ...
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Upper Left —
Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, counsels calm ... ...Obama is keeping faith with the people who elected him. He’s also maneuvering the Republicans into a position where they appear as dogmatic, lock-step partisans –and politically impotent to boot, since they can’t block a big stimulus bill from passing. And let’s face it: While the president has tried to foster a new spirit of comity and cooperation, the stimulus plans make very few concessions to GOP demands when you look at the big picture. It seems a bit much to criticize the provisions of the ...
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It’s The Politics, Stupid
balloon-juice.com 2/13/2009 — Paul Krugman’s piece today is an example of why he still has the ability to drive me insane :
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Congress: Another hurdle cleared —
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The stimulus "cleared a major hurdle" in the Senate yesterday, The Hill writes. The next steps: The stimulus got passed in large measure because Democrats stripped about $100 billion out of the House bill. But: "Democrats have apparently ...
Gibbs talks TARP and Bipartisanship —
CNN Political Ticker 2/10/2009
Despite the tough talk President Obama aimed at some GOP critics of his stimulus plan Monday night, Gibbs gave a nod to bipartisanship in advance of the president’s second stimulus-themed event of the week.
WHITE HOUSE (CNN) – White House Press ...
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