Reply #112: I'm confused...

[LooseWilly]

Why does an economist need to be 100% behind Obama for his economics to be worth considering?

I mean, no need to invite him over for afternoon tea or anything... but how about looking at his economic theories to decide if they have any merit, rather than looking at his political affiliations to decide if his economic theories have any merit?

Or you can feel free to decide that you don't want anything to do with him because of his political leanings... but to try to convince others to ignore economic theories based on the political histories of their author, rather than the merits of the theories themselves?... it sounds kind of Bush DOJ-like to me.

And, aside from human nature imperatives, I think Obama himself would prefer that one give Krugman's theories legitimate analysis, even if Obama hasn't adopted them. And even if Krugman might genuinely hate Obama's guts (which I doubt).
What I wonder is: why has Obama chosen to go with Summers and Geithner's theories, rather than Krugman's?... that seems like it should be the discussion, rather than whether Krugman supported Hillary or Barack.