Krugman: Obama 'Finally Sounding Like The Progressive' Supporters Backed In '08

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – DECEMBER 6, 2013, 7:23 AM EST

America's progressive touchstone gave a big thumbs up to President Barack Obama's speech Wednesday on the economy.

Writing Friday in the New York Times, columnist Paul Krugman praised Obama's speech and predicted that it will "change the discourse — and, eventually, I believe, actual policy."

Krugman was especially impressed with Obama's focus on income inequality and his prescriptions — like raising the federal minimum wage – to resolve the problem.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist applauded Obama's assertion that a "relentlessly growing deficit of opportunity is a bigger threat to our future than our rapidly shrinking fiscal deficit."

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[Scuba]

1. He'll get an earful from Jamie the next time they meet.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022654791

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Ping me when Obama stops championing the TPP

"Make no mistake... only by destroying jobs can we create jobs..."

[newfie11]

5. AGREED!!

But I don't think that will happen!

[Enthusiast]

9. Me too............nt

[RC]

10. And the Chained CPI.

I don't understand how people think Obama is some kind of Liberal. Can you imagine how much farther to the Right this country would be, if the Republicans weren't fighting everything Obama tried to do, regardless of merit? Between his caving and his DLC politics...
And his advisers,

[raindaddy]

14. Agreed

Obama's support is eroding among millennials. He can't allow himself to be perceived to the right of the Pope who just lambasted "trickle down" economics as tyranny. Time to bring out populist campaign Obama to reassure the poor and the middle class that he hasn't forgotten traditional Democratic party values. While secretly he still represents policies that support the very tyrannical economics that created the current economic inequality most Americans are struggling under..

Krugman's a smart guy, maybe he's trying to empower populist Obama to do the right thing for the people of this country and stop governing like "trickle down" Obama.

[eomer]

15. Exactly - we're seeing Candidate Obama come out for a bit of crowd control.

It's a safe time to do it with Republicans in control of the House and the Republican minority still in control of Senate legislation.

If we were to win back the House in 2014 then it will be the filibuster.

It's all theater.

[djean111]

3. I don't care what anyone "sounds like" any more.

Talking like a liberal and then asking to fast track a secretive TPP - talk is a diversion, methinks.

[polichick]

6. Perhaps even an outright con.

[Nay]

13. I don't care what anyone sounds like anymore, either. I only care about

actions, like repudiating his support for chained CPI and TPP. I haven't heard him "sound like that" yet, so I'm not gonna be holding my breath.

[postulater]

4. "Sounding like"

What is this? Charades?

[on point]

7. Too little too late. He squandered his opportunities trying to make nice with pukes

[Enthusiast]

8. The President's central campaign issue in 2008 was ending the Bush Tax cuts.

That's what the American people were voting for, increasing taxes on the wealthy.

[Doctor_J]

21. And a PO for Health Care

not Insurance mandates, 4 years later

[Enthusiast]

23. A public option would have given the people hope for what they really wanted,

a Canadian/European style single payer health care system. But even discussing it was verboten.

This isn't a democracy when the health care debate doesn't include the very best option of all.

And what did the President say? He said, "Single payer would be too expensive." He knew better. He was lying. No one could be that uninformed.

[JoePhilly]

11. Bully pulpit, pretty speech!!

Bully pulpit, pretty speech!!
Bully pulpit, pretty speech!!
Bully pulpit, pretty speech!!
Bully pulpit, pretty speech!!
Bully pulpit, pretty speech!!

[1StrongBlackMan]

12. In the words of BabyGirl 1SBM ...

"I know ... Huh!"

DU never disappoints.

[JoePhilly]

17. Yup ... and the ... Wheel. Of. Outrage ... spins round and round.

[Whisp]

16. He's always sounded progressive.

some just have too much ear wax blocking the waves.

[Doctor_J]

20. And he's always acted like a Reagan Republican

some are blind to that fact

[PeteSelman]

18. Great, now that he and the party are helpless to do anything about it.

2009
2009
2009
2009

Wasted opportunity. Cowardly actions by a bunch of sellouts.

[Doctor_J]

19. Not a chance that this will be enacted. First of all $9.00/hr is still poverty

second, he'll cave in and not get it anyway.

[Cha]

22. My my my... looky here.. all the

defeatist attitudes. Like they actually know what they're talking about.

Don't like to give any credit when it's due but will pound to death any negative propaganda talking point they latch on to.

If you actually pay attention to what President Obama has accomplished instead of soundbytes.. there is much to appreciate.

[whistler162]

24. After 5 years Krugman wakes up from a coma!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

25. Obama has ALWAYS spoken this way. It's just that Krugman and the DU haters

want him to be 100% pure or else! This coming from a man who supported Hillary Clinton and spent most of the last 5 years sulking over it.