Um, This Was Out Of Nowhere

Let the right be in more unexpected glee. Not very helpful Paul Krugman:

Maybe House Democrats can pull this out, even with a gaping hole in White House leadership. Barney Frank seems to have thought better of his initial defeatism. But I have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in.

This is weird from Krugman. He gets on Obama now, even though he didn't do that after the horror that is the Senate bill was revealed in its final form.

He then proceeds to call out FDL and Marcy Wheeler over their legitimate digging of Jonathan Gruber.

Now, in a move where Obama is arguably doing the best thing by not demanding as of the moment that the Senate bill get rammed down the House's throat, is now giving up by seeing this?

Krugman picked the wrong moment to lose hope in Obama. It would have been justifiable if he felt this way on the Pharma deal or the Senate finishing their disaster of a bill. But to do this at a time where there is a chance that the bill actually gets better?

Not helpful from you Mr. Krugman. Not helpful at all.