Nov
28
In a column touting the third-party Americans Elect, the closest Friedman comes to explaining why we should have a third party, rather than reelect the politician who already represents their values, is to say that such a party “would have offered a grand bargain on the deficit two years ago, not on the eve of a Treasury default.” He agrees with Obama’s plan, in other words, but proposes to form a new party because he disagrees with his legislative sequencing.
As political analysis, this is pure derangement. It’s the Judean People’s Front for the Aspen Institute crowd. Jonathan Chait on Liberal Disappointment — New York Magazine
As political analysis, this is pure derangement. It’s the Judean People’s Front for the Aspen Institute crowd. Jonathan Chait on Liberal Disappointment — New York Magazine