Harsh words from Scott Sumner

And how about the…GOP decision not to negotiate seriously in 2011, figuring they could get a better result after the election that Karl Rove and Dick Morris assured them they would win?  How’s that decision looking right now?

In the spirit of Arnold Kling, I took out the two harsh words, but the link to Scott’s post is here.  Many people — dare I say exclusively from “the Right” — gave me a hard time over my “now we should cut a fiscal deal” stance in 2011, but I fully expect that today’s deal will be worse.

Here are some interesting remarks from Greg Mankiw.  And here Bruce Bartlett tells his story.