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The Age Of Nelson, Collins and Obama

By Big Tent Democrat

Earlier today, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

This is not the Age of Krugman . . . It is the Age of Collins, Nelson and Obama.

I'll forego the easy point that for the past 8 years, Paul Krugman was right about everything and Andrew Sullivan was wrong about everything and accept his premise, based on the result today on the stimulus bill (if the Nelson/Collins/Snowe/Lieberman Stimulus plan is indeed now the Obama plan.)

The Age of Obama will be a failure if we will follow the precepts of the neo-Hooverism of these so-called Centrists. Obama talked a lot about the urgency of the moment. But his acceptance of this inadequate policy is a terrible harbinger.

In the end, this is the result of Obama's post partisan unity schtick. And I believe, unless this changes, the Obama Presidency will fail to solve our economic calamity. This stimulus plan simply is woefully inadequate and will fail. We needed an FDR in this moment. Obama did not deliver. This has to be marked down as a failure of the Obama Administration at this time.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).