Wow, there are a lot of things to blog about today. The Super Tuesday results, the sad excuse for an advocacy campaign on behalf of the unions in my neighborhood, the way that companies like to chase trends they know nothing about, the potential of a mud wrestling match between Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd that I think would be hilarious (Krugman = Hillary lover; Dowd = Hillary NotSoMuch), the yummy curry recipe I made last night. You can see my quandary about what to write about.
But, I do have to follow-up on my posting about the Krugman piece. Apparently, this topic -- Krugman vs. Obama -- is a hot one. I (mistakenly) thought I'd find a simple response from the Obama camp to Krugman's piece.
No such luck.
What I did find was a maze of articles covering the topic. Apparently Krugman's issue with Obama's health care plan, and some of his other policies and political tactics, go back much further than Monday's article in the NYT. The Huffington Post (the soapbox for the ultra conservative and slightly off kilter Arianna Huffington) has even written about it.
From what I can tell, their little tiff dates back to late last year, if not earlier. (Note to self: Start a website that tracks the history of ongoing news stories like these.)
It's basically a he said/he said at this point. I can't figure it out . Obama's camp claims that Krugman once supported Obama's health plan. Krugman claims Obama mis-represented what he said.
Seriously, all I'm really looking for is the answer to why Obama decided against putting mandates in his bill.
The one answer I found, interestingly on Krugman's blog, is that Obama doesn't believe that mandates are enforceable. Obama has actually asked Clinton publicly about whether she would penalize people for not getting health insurance, so Krugman may actually be on to something.
Regardless, I'm not sure I even care anymore. I'm exhausted (and bored) after trying to mine through the google results in search of an answer to my somewhat simple question. Time that I could have used to say, write another blog entry. Yeesh.
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