Krugman misses Pawlenty already

[n2doc]

August 14, 2011, 10:39 AM
Missing Pawlenty

OK, I’m going to miss Tim Pawlenty, now that he’s dropped out of the Republican race. He was, after all, an econopundit’s dream.

I mean, there’s a constant torrent of nonsense flowing from the likes of Michelle Bachmann — but it’s so unvarying that there’s not much to say. What made Pawlenty fun was that he was supposed to be the smart, capable candidate, someone who actually knew stuff; and yet every time he opened his mouth on policy issues, he revealed that he didn’t know a blessed thing, that he just read supposed fact sheets from right-wing hacks with no notion that, say, claims about a vast expansion of government employment based on temporary Census hiring were something to discount.

Romney isn’t as much fun; his style is not so much mangling the facts as putting his foot in his mouth, and that’s more Gail’s or Maureen’s sort of thing than mine.

And I do sort of wish that Newt Gingrich hadn’t flamed out so early.

OK, politics isn’t being devised for our entertainment — although given the dismal situation, finding the humor often seems the only way to get through the week.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/missing-pawlenty/

[gateley]

1. Did Gingrich drop out? I was wondering that the other day when

I realized I hadn't heard anything about him for a while. Must have missed the official buh bye.

[n2doc]

2. I don't think officially, but he might as well have n/t

[Peregrine Took]

3. He looks like he is enjoying himself. Gets to be in the public eye and blab. n/t