BEGALA AWARD NOMINEE

“It is now clear that, at least as far as domestic policy is concerned, the administration views terrorism as another useful crisis… [T]he administration favors “stimulus” proposals that have nothing to do with helping the economy, but everything to do with its usual tax-cutting agenda.” – Paul Krugman, New York Times. Would it be possible for Krugman to concede that some of us sincerely believe that lowering people’s taxes actually stimulates productivity, growth and creativity? Or would that mean he’d have to argue with his opponents rather than demonizing them?