Profiles in Un-courage

Krugman has some good posts today.

Profiles in Un-courage. "Matt Yglesias notes the odd failure of reasonably sensible Republican macroeconomists to confront their party’s descent into hard-money madness."

Naked Blackmail. "It turns out that in the final stages of the debt negotiations, Republicans suddenly added a new demand — a trigger that would end up eliminating the individual mandate in health care reform."

What Obama Was Willing to Give Away. "Jonathan Cohn summarizes what seems to have been in the deal that Boehner walked away from; it’s horrifying. Above all, the proposed rise in the age of Medicare eligibility was a real betrayal of both Democratic principles and good government."

Here's Cohn's summary, Obama Admits the Obvious: The GOP Is Unreasonable. "Debt Ceiling Negotiations: The Democrats Have Compromised. The Republicans Have Not. It's About Time People Noticed."