No, not John Herring this time...

Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman on The Donald:

Krugman has an idea why Trump is leading, and like most of his
observations, this one is spot-on, too.

While speaking on Bloomberg TV, Krugman elucidated why Trump has
captured the Republican zeitgeist with such ferocity:

So he’s a belligerent, loudmouth racist with not an ounce of
compassion for less fortunate people. In other words, he’s exactly the
kind of person the Republican base consists of and identifies with. It’s
clear that the very things that Upper West Side New Yorkers find
detestable about him are exactly what endear him to the Republican base,
which is basically people who see in him everything — even the big red
face and the yelling — that makes him their kind of guy.

Krugman then predicted the outcome of 2016, using 2012 as a road map:

We saw the same thing in 2012 — one after another, basically
ludicrous candidates, but loudmouthed, angry ludicrous candidates, shot
to the top of the polls. And in the end, they nominated Mitt Romney, who
on substance was not that different [from] the others. And probably, the
same thing will happen this time around, with Jeb Bush playing that role.

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