re: #179 jamesfirecat

“IMO, it’ more that Cain favors Republican policies and has a better grasp of economics than Obama.”

*Citation Needed*

(I know its your opinion but even opinions don’t just pop out of thin air!)

Depends, completely, on your definitions. I’d argue that neither knows squat about economics, only that bastardized version of the traditional school in a haphazard sort-of way that politicians specialize in. Krugman, OTOH, knows his economics, though he’s still stuck in the Keynesian school. Unlike the politicians, he knows and understands what that really means and as a result knows the only real problem with the stimulus is that it was about 20% the size it should have been.

And of course, despite all the mud slinging, there is no one in US politics, to include Sen. Sanders, who is actually advocating for Socialism in America. Alas & all that.