Kevin Drum responding to Tyler Cowen’s remark that Paul Krugman doesn’t sound that radical to him:

This isn’t like the 90s, when a small group of clearly unhinged nutbags hijacked the public discourse and led an idiot’s crusade against Bill Clinton. This time it’s moderate squishes like me and moderate non-squishes like Paul Krugman carrying the pitchforks. Anyone who doesn’t understand deep in their bones why this has happened doesn’t really understand what’s been going on in America for the past decade. I’d put about half the press corps in that category. Your mileage might vary.

Krugman’s own blog is making this clear on a nearly daily basis: “The truth is that I don’t like having to do what I do in the Times, pointing out lies and corruption all the time. I wish we were having a civilized discussion. But we aren’t.”