Krugman Gags on Obama's Performance

From Paul Krugman's NY Times web blog:

He Wasn’t The One We’ve Been Waiting For

Health care reform — which is crucial for millions of Americans — hangs in the balance. Progressives are desperately in need of leadership; more specifically, House Democrats need to be told to pass the Senate bill, which isn’t what they wanted but is vastly better than nothing. And what we get from the great progressive hope, the man who was offering hope and change, is this:

I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on. We know that we need insurance reform, that the health insurance companies are taking advantage of people. We know that we have to have some form of cost containment because if we don’t, then our budgets are going to blow up and we know that small businesses are going to need help so that they can provide health insurance to their families. Those are the core, some of the core elements of, to this bill. Now I think there’s some things in there that people don’t like and legitimately don’t like.
In short, “Run away, run away”!

It is a tragedy. Obama ran under false colours and deceived a lot of people. He's at a crisis point and believes himself to be a "leader" but rather than take the reins at this crucial point and drive the Democratic party to a clear and defined goal, he decides to call on the muddled masses to do more muddling along! As if he didn't see enough of this when he told the Congress to "figure out" what it wanted for a health care reform bill. Nuts!