Elizabeth Warren is a bitch on wheels and represents the worst militant aspects of the Progressive movement. I believe the President, even one as disappointing as Obama, should have the right to nominate those individuals he chooses to head important agencies or to the bench.
That said, Warren is far too polarizing a figure to be entrusted with an agency that, by their own admission, most Congress-persons do not yet know how it will operate. There is much potential for mischief here, and a steady, reasonable choice is called for.
Republicans would be within their right to filibuster such a nominee, and I would absolutely support it. Obama should go deeper into his list for this one.
Back to the rest of the article. Couple of shockers - in the last paragraph, Krugman excoriates Progressives, suggesting that if they stay home because Obama has disappointed them, they're culpable for the (coming) Republican onslaught.
As one of the people who had hopes that, while Progressive, Obama could at least be counted on to repeal the worst assaults on individual rights of the Bush administration, I see know reason for Progressives to support someone who has abandoned them so totally.
Second, it amazed me to see the lead sentence of the penultimate paragraph - "O.K. I don't really know what's going on." Humility from Krugman - get outta town!!!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Nice to see Paul almost pleading at the end...
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