This is interesting because, in the last month or two, it seems that Obama somehow wooed Paul Krugman, a longtime critic of the administration, onto the reservation. Krugman ended up a big Obama defender on health care reform when many of us were less impressed. It appears Krugman is now off again.
Krugman had this to say about the news that the President is urging the Congress to pass a pared down version of the health care bill:
In short, “Run away, run away”!
Maybe House Democrats can pull this out, even with a gaping hole in White House leadership. Barney Frank seems to have thought better of his initial defeatism. But I have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in.
