Revenge of the Reality-Based Community

[Landslide Lyndon]

A stunning confession from former supply-side golden boy, Bruce Bartlett, about how he lost his place in the conservative movement and how Keynes and Krugman had it all right from the beginning.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/revenge-of-the-reality-based-community/

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[Vosem]

Reminds me of Zell Miller insisting Democrats were declining back in 2004.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Reminds me of Zell Miller insisting Democrats were declining back in 2004.

The only difference of course is that Zell Miller is insane.

[Brittain33]

Reminds me of Zell Miller insisting Democrats were declining back in 2004.

Regarding his home state and region, he was absolutely right. And Miller's whole schtick was that that he was the representative of Appalachia's honor.

Bartlett's column is interested. There's certainly some sour grapes in there, but his discussion of the rampant Kaelism and epistemic closure among his former colleagues rings true and has been widely tested by the results of the election they truly believed they had won.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Reminds me of Zell Miller insisting Democrats were declining back in 2004.

False equivalencies are false, mmk.

[Mehmentum]

This is a very interesting article.  One part in particular, about how even as far back as 2004, Republicans were seeling themselves into a buble, caught my interest.