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Krugman's political analysis is likely wrong. Putting aside the fact that ObamaBot the Tin Man has no "inner FDR" or soul of any kind, I'd wager that the U.S. and world ruling class - not necessarily congruent with the rhetorical run of the mill "corporate interests" - want to stick with the horse they know. For this the radical right rebels have a useful idiot role in dividing and disabling the Republican Party between now and 2012. Barring unforeseeable accidents. The wild card, as always, are the ELITE ruling class radical right, the American Zionist neocons. Racism isn't the only thing animating the Teabaggers; there is also their falling out with the neocons, whom they blame for the fiascos of the Bush years that gave them Obama. The neocons, meanwhile, must be disgruntled with Obama's foreign policy and retreat from overt unilateralism. For now they are out in the cold and at a crossroads - which way to turn? Between the two, the neocons are the more dangerous faction over the longer run. The Teabaggers are clowns. The neocons proved that they could grab executive state power in the Bush years, and can do it again. -Matt ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
