Krugman: DeMint ‘Took The Think Out Of The Think Tank’

[Purveyor]

By David Edwards
Sunday, December 9, 2012 13:20 EST

Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says that Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is taking “the think out of the think tank” and turning the Heritage Foundation into a “purely political institution” by accepting a job as its president.

The tea party-backed lawmaker announced last week that he would be resigning from the Senate to head the Heritage Foundation because “the conservative movement needs strong leadership in the battle of ideas.”

During a Sunday panel discussion on ABC, Republican strategist Mary Matalin sarcastically noted that her “hero,” British economist John Maynard Keynes, had said that “ideas drive history, ideas drive progress and Heritage has long been the fount of so many great ideas.”

“As a conservative, as a constitutionalist, that was a brilliant move — a good move for us, a brilliant move for him,” she insisted.

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1. This may be the first time I disagreed with Krugman

DeMint's appointment didn't turn Heritage into a purely political institution.

It's been one for years.