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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:00 AM

Now, Paul Krugman throws economists off the bus

His colleagues are making too big a deal about Clinton's gas tax holiday proposal, he says. Where's the solidarity, Paul?

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  • Tuesday, May 6, 2008 10:02 AM

    It isn't just pandering.

    it isn't just the pander. Clinton is trying to use this specious proposal to attacj Obama as not caring about average people. In other words, it is straight out of the GOP play book. There is a difference between being tough and being dirty, and Clinton long ago crossed over the line. Obama is plenty tough -- it's just that he isn't a liar.

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