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Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.

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It's 1968 Revisited, And It's Not The Liberals' Year

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.

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Contra Krugman: President Obama Won't be Another Clinton or another Reagan -- He Won't be Another Anybody

Harold Pollack | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media

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As Monday's column shows, when Krugman writes about Obama, the great economist seems to lose his moorings.

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Obama Moves To The Center

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama faces the difficult task of shifting his message away from the primary electorate to general election voters, while avoiding angering the...

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Say It Ain't So, Paul: Even the Great Krugman Is Lying about Florida

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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For Krugman to keep saying that the voters of Florida voted "in good faith" is a lie. Were they not informed that the Democratic Party was not going to count their votes?

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Paul Krugman and the New York Times' Pious Pontifications at the Pump

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business

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According to Krugman the high oil prices as we now know them are a legitimate reflection of market forces. Simple as that. Economics 101. Oh, for the good old days.

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Paul Krugman: Obama Ad Distorts My Column, He Should Retract It

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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A few days ago, the Obama campaign released an ad defending his opposition to Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday. The Clinton campaign immediately chal...

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Krugman Assails 'Gas Tax Holiday' Plan That His Candidate Supports

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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In today's New York Times, Paul Krugman takes John McCain to task over his lack of "straight talk" on tax policies. Krugman equates McCain's policies...

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Krugman Hits Obama Over Working-Class Voters

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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fter Barack Obama's defeat in Pennsylvania, David Axelrod, his campaign manager, brushed it off: "Nothing has changed tonight in the basic physics of ...

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Why The Left Must Shout Louder

Ben Cohen | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Financial globalization has failed to deliver the goods, and the poor are paying a huge price for the ideological stubbornness and greed of neoconservatives.

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Krugman: Obama Clinging To A Stereotype

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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Will Barack Obama's now famous "bitter" quote turn out to have been a big deal politically? Frankly, I have no idea. But here's a different question:...

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What Obama Owes Bill Clinton

Jordan Michael Smith | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home

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Despite the nastiness directed at him, however, Obama should be thanking Bill Clinton for one thing: his campaign nomination is unthinkable without him.

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Paul Krugman Slams...Hillary

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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OK, this is pretty dumb. Hillary Clinton wants a high-level commission to analyze ways to resolve the mortgage crisis -- including Alan Greenspan. Ye...

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Sen. Clinton, You Want Who To Fix Our Economic Mess?

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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We need an overhaul of the financial system. But rather than put the same people in charge who have created the mess, we need a different constellation of thinkers.

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NYT's Krugman Finds Candidates' Financial Policy Lacking, Finally

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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New York Times columnist Paul Krugman takes to his platform to issue something of a warning this morning: "We're now in the midst of an epic financial...

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Paul Krugman: Partying Like It's 1929

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business

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If Ben Bernanke manages to save the financial system from collapse, he will -- rightly -- be praised for his heroic efforts. But what we should be as...

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Dear Barack: It's the Economy Stupid

Steve Almond | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Your people read the papers. They read the business page. So I beg you, stop squabbling with Hillary over scandalettes and start talking dollars and cents.

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Paul Krugman Attacks Obama On Electability

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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After their victory in the 2006 Congressional elections, it seemed a given that Democrats would try to make this year's presidential campaign another ...

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The Times, Protecting Us From Our Befuddled Selves

Ruth Hochberger | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media

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The notion that the Times columnists are forbidden to make a presidential endorsement so as not to confuse us kiddies is insulting, paternalistic and ridiculous.

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White Men Seen All Wrong

David Paul Kuhn | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

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In the Democratic primary, white men have been the most willing to shift between the two candidates.

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NYT Tells Columnists: Say Whatever You Want, Just Don't Endorse!

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Media

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It was a little over a month ago that The New York Times' editorial board urged voters to cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic pri...

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Politico Continues To Push The Obama Support-As-Psychosis Meme

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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Don't just take the Politico's word for it. Plenty of people worry about Obamamania! You shouldn't doubt their concerns just because they coincidentally happen to be his political opponents.

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Krugman Has Met The Enemy, And It Is Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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Ouroboros alert! Paul Krugman took to his increasingly ironically titled blog to bring you a live shot of the next (not-quite-as-great) unraveling. ...

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What's the Matter with Paul Krugman?

Scott Kurashige | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

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An injection of hope might just expand the realm of what's possible. It might even do so in ways that Paul Krugman's rational mind cannot imagine.

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McCain Flying High Again; Obama Edging Past Clinton; Clinton Facing Mass Skepticism

Tom Hayden | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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There is a basis for the otherwise absurd "cult of personality" charge by Krugman, which lies in the nature of the community organizing at the root of the new Obama populism.

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