Say No to Sycophantism

he sez:
"Despite this, Obama is still the clear favorite for the nomination. But if
he is the nominee, and runs this way in the general election - if it's about
the candidate's awesomeness, not about why progressive policies make peoples'
lives better - it's a formula for defeat."

When was the last time anybody won a presidential election based on policy?
Ask Al Gore. Ask John Kerry. Then ask George Bush. That's right. Never.
Presidential campaigns are won on personality. So while I like Krugman, and
yes I know he's done yeoman's work for progressives during times when joe
klein was talking about how cool it was that freedom was on the march in
iraq [while killing 600,000 innocent people], during this entire cycle
krugman has been nothing short of a full-time 100% certified shill for the
clinton campaign. that's not necessarily a problem, but he should come out
and say he just likes clinton over obama, and it has nothing to do with
policy.

src: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/walter-shapiro-gets-it/