…people. Obama’s proposal has shifted the debate to whether a refundable tax credit is welfare. The Republicans can’t win this one. He has finally used the argument that Republicans can’t…

Just compare the graphs (reminder, mainly to myself, at least with Chrome, you have to click “read more” to see the graphs) Reagan Obama Overall Reagan saw a decline of…

…Occupy encampments across the country with assistance from Obama’s security services, including homeland security and the FBI. Obama’s speech was stylish, folksy, and at once gracious and scolding to both…

…and doing so entirely generically, is … dismaying. But it would be so very, very easy for Obama to explain, in specifics, what that pollster couldn’t trouble itself to do,…

* Don’t forget about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Paul Krugman has the goods on a story that’s getting far too little attention: In filibustering Richard Cordray, Obama’s choice to…

…ago, I wrote here that I thought it was critically important for Obama to not only illustrate, using Romney’s own words and his campaign’s own acknowledgment right after the debate,…

…reaction (on Twitter) was restrained (“This is…depressing”) by comparison. In the context of Suskind’s book, we might just assume that Obama was, as usual, being gulled by his handler Rahm…

Mr. Obama also singled out sponsors of a “cynical ad campaign” discouraging Americans from signing up for the new health care program by arguing that it would effectively put the…

…undermines your position. And, Obama being Obama, he not only believed it but hasn’t since noticed the ill effects of this on fiscal policy and consequently the overall economy. Obama…

…But I digress. I come not just to praise Paul Krugman but also to refute him. Well, actually to refute his argument today that it’s okay if Obama doesn’t address…