Krugman: "talking about Bain...is the only way to bring the real policy issues into focus"

[ailsagirl]

Krugman, as always, right on the money.

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The point is that talking about Mr. Romney’s personal history isn’t a diversion from substantive policy discussion. On the contrary, in a political and media environment strongly biased against substance, talking about Bain and offshore accounts is the only way to bring the real policy issues into focus. And we should applaud, not condemn, the Obama campaign for standing up to the tut-tutters.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/opinion/krugman-policy-and-the-personal.html?_r=1

[indie_voter]

1. I love this part

In this world, however, most voters get their news from short snippets on TV, which almost never contain substantive policy analysis. The print media do offer analysis pieces — but these pieces, out of a desire to seem “balanced,” all too often simply repeat the he-said-she-said of political speeches. Trust me: you will see very few news analyses saying that Mr. Romney proposes huge tax cuts for the rich, with no plausible offset other than big benefit cuts for everyone else — even though this is the simple truth. Instead, you will see pieces reporting that “Democrats say” that this is what Mr. Romney proposes, matched with dueling quotes from Republican sources.

Exactly. The only way to get people to pay attention is point out Romney's lies and how he's hurt regular people in the past. THEN people will listen to the actual substance debate.

[ejbr]

2. + 1 n/t

[ohgeewhiz]

3. A great read, and some SOME of

the comments make sense, too. Of course, some of the mindless Romney supporters commented, too, but heck some are worth reading for the laughs.

[ailsagirl]

10. Only some of his comments?

[Jessy169]

4. Krugman is one of my favorites!

He nails it every time. If only we could do multiple clones of Krugman's brain and do some swaps-on-the-sly with certain Republican politicians, I think all of our problems might suddenly be solved.

[ailsagirl]

12. I think you're right-- have you ever looked at his bio?

Wow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_krugman

[hay rick]

5. Krugman takes on the tut-tutters.

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You go into an election with the media and voters that you have, not the media and voters that you wish you had.

[Paka]

6. Great post.

Krugman is consistently on target.

"So how can the Obama campaign cut through this political and media fog? By talking about Mr. Romney’s personal history, and the way that history resonates with the realities of his pro-rich, anti-middle-class policy proposals."

[ailsagirl]

8. Thank you, Paka

[90-percent]

7. Krugmann

Ahhh, Robert Reich can clean his clock!

Paul ain't got nuthin on Bobby!

-90% Jimmy

[ailsagirl]

9. Except the Nobel Prize

From wikipedia-- his biography is astonishing:

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In 2008, Krugman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography. According to the prize Committee, the prize was given for Krugman's work explaining the patterns of international trade and the geographic concentration of wealth, by examining the impact of economies of scale and of consumer preferences for diverse goods and services.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman

[Electric Monk]

11. k&r

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