Barack Obama

Hekate

(94,698 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2014, 01:51 PM Jul 2014

BOG//Professor Paul Krugman gives the President an A-; says he's the most consequential since Reagan

THIS IS A BOG POST

Cross-post from GD
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025267002

... "not that I liked what Reagan did, but he was consequential."

About 50 minutes ago, in an interview with Fareed Zakaria, CNN. Zakaria asked Krugman to grade Obama, and Krugman said that in "grading the difficulty of the test" (specifically the behavior of Obama's opponents) he would give him an A-.

Fascinating, given some of the assessments here.

I expect the OP in GD to either sink like a stone, or become a flamefest, but I just wanted to share.

Cheers.

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BOG//Professor Paul Krugman gives the President an A-; says he's the most consequential since Reagan (Original Post) Hekate Jul 2014 OP

Stopping a 2nd Depression, ending the Iraq war, getting OBL. JoePhilly Jul 2014 #1

The good professor shall encounter a DU bus Still Sensible Jul 2014 #2

I agree. TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #3

K&R brer cat Jul 2014 #4

KnR sheshe2 Jul 2014 #5

Went over well in GD, too.. :) Mahalo Hekate~ Cha Jul 2014 #6

I like Paul. I think he is an honest man who realizes how close to the abyss Bush took our country. Major Hogwash Jul 2014 #7

media archaic56 Jul 2014 #8

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

1. Stopping a 2nd Depression, ending the Iraq war, getting OBL.

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 01:53 PM

Jul 2014

Passing the ACA.

Ending the Afgan war.

The kind of stuff that usually gets one on Mt Rushmore.

Still Sensible

(2,870 posts)

2. The good professor shall encounter a DU bus

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 02:03 PM

Jul 2014

any second now.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

3. I agree.

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 02:07 PM

Jul 2014

brer cat

(26,290 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 04:44 PM

Jul 2014

sheshe2

(87,545 posts)

5. KnR

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 09:25 PM

Jul 2014

And commented in GD!

Awesome!

Cha

(305,440 posts)

6. Went over well in GD, too.. :) Mahalo Hekate~

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 09:37 PM

Jul 2014

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)

7. I like Paul. I think he is an honest man who realizes how close to the abyss Bush took our country.

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 02:23 AM

Jul 2014

And then Palin and McCain were acting like they were willing to push the country off of the edge with their "drill, baby, drill" hillbilly act.

archaic56

(53 posts)

8. media

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 02:34 PM

Jul 2014

If the media had been fair and honest about his accomplishments, instead of being as negative as is humanly possible without becoming Faux news, the dogone RETHUGS would not have overtaken my state two years back..

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