It’s official! Paul Krugman is officially out of love with Barack Obama

Krugman has tended to equivocate about Obama since he made his entrance into the national scene: Mostly praise, and optimism, with a few conditional ifs. With this short blog post, I think he’s gone all the way into Obama-haterism.

Why is this worth noting? Krugman has always been willing to carry the Democrat’s water for them, seeming to believe them the much lesser of two evils. For him to bail on the Democratic president during the early ramp-up to his re-election campaign (yes, it has started), I think, is meaningful. Of course, once it becomes a choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, Krugman will return to “we must vote for Obama once more, lest Evil enshroud our nation!” mode.

Not sure why Krugman wasn’t expressing this level of clear and unconditional dismay about Obama about three years ago…

[UPDATE: Perfect example of Krugman's "Oh, I hate you, Barack! But being single is sooo scary..." trademark sprinkle of saccharin on a sour post regarding Barack Obama's eager support of Republican's view on the debt debate:

"Mind you, this failure to comprehend is minor compared with what’s going on across the aisle. But it’s still disappointing and depressing."]

… and the cow goes moo

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