Paul Krugman: An Economist's Summary Of The Presidential Candidates...

[BlooInBloo]

... Good little summary:

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/

"Well, none of the leading Republican candidates have said anything substantive about policy..., you’ll see a lot of posturing, especially about how tough they are on terrorists — but nothing at all about what they actually plan to do.

In fact, I suspect that the real reason most of the Republicans are ducking a YouTube debate is that they’re afraid they would be asked questions about policy, rather than being invited to compare themselves to Ronald Reagan.

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There is, by contrast, a lot of substance on the Democratic side... Most notably, in February, Mr. Edwards transformed the whole health care debate with a plan that offers a politically and fiscally plausible path to universal health insurance...

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All of the leading Democratic candidates are articulate and impressive. It’s easy to imagine any of them as president. But after what happened in 2000, it worries me that Mrs. Clinton is showing an almost Republican aversion to talking about substance."

[Cleita]

1. My thoughts exactly, especially the observation about

Hillary Clinton.

The "fear the terrorists" ploy of the Republicans is just the old "fear the bomb" ploy that they have recycled and updated. We all know what it takes to contain terrorism and the bomb. For all their rhetoric and fearmongering, the Republicans don't have the desire to do those things, like end world poverty and environmental collapse, that would in essence eliminate those two world-wide problems or at least move them to the very bottom of real problems we face as a nation and a planet.

[BlooInBloo]

2. Yup. I can easily see any of the leaders as President, and I hate how...

... Clinton appears so tricksy sometimes.

[KittyWampus]

3. thanks for posting this. Health care is Hillary's soft white underbelly. I suggest we keep

bringing it up often.

Hillary supporters have no answer.