He must be joking

I only made it part way through a Paul Krugman column flagged over at Hot Air for its statement of disillusionment with Obama's Hope 'n' Change.

This one stopped me:

Mr. Obama rode into office on a vast wave of progressive enthusiasm.

The claim is partly true at best.

Progressives could have voted for Dennis Kucinich if their wave had been vast.  Kucinich is serious and unapologetic about his progressive stance.  This Obama character, on the other hand, ran as the post-partisan who would unite the nation, not as the left-winger who would make progressivists' dreams come true.  Obama didn't run as a leftist in public, anyway.

Thanks for the laugh, Krugman.