Greetings, Steve.
That particular quote makes little sense, saying congressional policy decisions reflect the will of the populace. Particularly, given the various interests, financial and otherwise, which create the final outcomes.
As for this quote: "And now back to the Roosevelt article; Roosevelt or Bush was the theme. Which way is effective?"
The choice is obvious but for reasons that may not be yours. Roosevelt was extremely self confident, though not particularly bright; Bush lacked self confidence, it just bristled all over him. Roosevelt was immensely manipulative, the supremely confident politician, constantly jockeying everyone around him, pitting them against one another, etc. And then picked off ideas from a variety of sources. Bush, quite obviously, took only one approach, considered it some sort of ordained truth, and then, figuratively speaking, went to war with it.
Roosevelt will, for certain, almost always be remembered as one of the two or three finest presidents; Bush as one of the two or three worst.
So what was the question? And why that one? I thought we were talking about Krugman. But, if so, I've run out of commentary on him. My own feelings are more than a little torn on that subject but I don't think the criticisms offered here are particularly fair. |
