Letters to the Editor
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Kudos to Thebigkate - Krugman perplexes me as well
Paul Krugman, whose opinions I generally like, says, "But addressing the real concerns of working Americans isn't the campaign's (Obama) central theme.
Barack Obama's overall theme is 'Hope built on the bedrock of competence and human compassion." Obama will speak to Americans as adults. He wants to engage all who are ready to help solve problems. What are these problems?
Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor 1993-1997, formally endorsed Obama on April 19th. Reich, a UC Berkeley Professor, sees seven major problem areas where Barack Obama bests Hillary Clinton. The 7 are:
1. Reforming Social Security
2. Reforming health care
3. Housing crisis
4. Failures of our financial markets
5. Improving our public schools and confronting poverty and inequality
6. A more enlightened foreign policy
7. A plan for controlling global warming
Barack Obama tells us that lobbyists too often have a different agenda than solving the major problems that face Americans. The Main Stream Media are no longer the guardians of our representative democracy that they once were. Corporate America has undue influence in the halls of Congress.
Obama tells us that candidates who have many lobbyists in their campaign structure (McCain and Clinton), candidates who join in the trivializing of politics by the MSM (Hillary Clinton) and candidates who take large speaking fees from Corporate America (the Clintons and McCain) are not free to solve the problems of America.
Krugman also indicates that he thinks Hillary plays the "wonk" on issues. Yes she does. But who wants a President who can't see the forest for the trees?
As a former Pennsylvanian I wish them well. But Barack Obama is the person to create a better future for our Land. And the younger Pennsylvanians voted for Obama by a significant majority. Hope is on the Way !