Reply #53: I never assumed him to be. [View All]

[Maven]

In contrast to many here, I never thought he was really to the left of Hillary (in fact, on health care, he was arguably to her right). Ironically, the only people painting Obama as a new progressive hero were his most stalwart supporters from the primaries. Now, the very same people are here stomping on liberal dissenters to his centrist approach.

Health care, by the way, is the only issue on which Krugman noticably favored Hillary because he liked Edwards' plan -- basically the same as Hillary's -- better than Obama's. I didn't see him "giving her a pass" nor do I see him making the "ad hominem" attacks against Obama which you accuse him of downthread. By the way, I notice you're engaging in the same tactic I just laid out, right here in this thread:

I) Krugman says things about Obama and his politics that I don't like, therefore
II) Krugman must have a "personal agenda" and thus
III) Krugman has no credibility.

LOL.