/tags/krugman/ Recent bookmarks tagged #krugman Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:54 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/opinion/26krugman.html?emc=rss&partner=rssnyt "For today’s G.O.P. is, fully and finally, the party of Ronald Reagan — not Reagan the pragmatic politician, who could and did strike deals with Democrats, but Reagan the antigovernment fanatic, who warned that Medicare would destroy American freedom. It’s a party that sees modest efforts to improve Americans’ economic and health security not merely as unwise, but as monstrous. It’s a party in which paranoid fantasies about the other side — Obama is a socialist, Democrats have totalitarian ambitions — are mainstream. And, as a result, it’s a party that fundamentally doesn’t accept anyone else’s right to govern. "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #armageddon #gop #healthcare #krugman #politics #republicans</p> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:21:24 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:13085 armageddon gop healthcare krugman politics republicans http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08krugman.html "The truth is that given the state of American politics, the way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government. Senators themselves should recognize this fact and push through changes in those rules, including eliminating or at least limiting the filibuster. This is something they could and should do, by majority vote, on the first day of the next Senate session. Don’t hold your breath. As it is, Democrats don’t even seem able to score political points by highlighting their opponents’ obstructionism. Well, America is not yet lost. But the Senate is working on it. "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #america #gop #history #krugman #obstructionism #politics #republicans #senate #stupidity</p> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:02:05 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12778 america gop history krugman obstructionism politics republicans senate stupidity