Paul Krugman on Paul Ryan

For my entire adult life I have been watching Republicans selling deficit-exploding policies as deficit-reducing ones, and watching the press eat it up and praise them.

This has driven Paul Krugman to his current state:

Paul Krugman: The Flimflam Man: One depressing aspect of American politics is the susceptibility of the political and media establishment to charlatans. You might have thought, given past experience, that D.C. insiders would be on their guard against conservatives with...