[lbo-talk] Krugman: "The question then is why."

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jul 13 11:00:56 PDT 2011


On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> And it is not there not because O chooses to ignore it, but
> because its impact on electoral outcomes is negligible.

Not sure what you mean about the left, but there's strong opposition - 60% or more - to cutting Medicare and Social Security. Most people would like to get the hell out of Afghanistan. But they'll vote for him in 2012 anyway. So it's not that their numbers are negligible - it's that they keep pulling that lever, or filling in that blank, or whatever.

Doug



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