In his latest NYT editorial, Krugman maintains that a Republican candidate, in order to hold the conservative base, must be: 1. Against Big Government 2. Against high taxes 3. Against cuts to Social Security and Medicare 4. Against Obama even though (a) he enacted a Republican designed (sic) health reform and (b) killed Osama bin Laden 5. Against Obama because he is a radical socialist who is undermining American security Krugman claims that to hold (1)-(5) one must be totally clueless or totally cynical. Ergo any Republican candidate must be totally clueless or totally cynical. He further claims that Romney manages the above because he is totally cynical and that Gingrich manages to endorse (1)-(5) because he is totally clueless. This is because Gingrich is by nature gifted with double-think. He is naturally wired to be able to believe what he says when he says it even though it contradicts what he says on other occasions. Krugman's whole thesis is predicated on maintaining that...(Read Full Post)