Harold Ford

Two weeks ago I said that an opinion piece by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty showed that he wasn't ready for prime time as far as the federal budget was concerned.

Yesterday, in a piece for the New York Times, former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, who supposedly is considering a run for Senate in New York, embarrassed himself as much as Pawlenty did with a combination of proposals that would only work in a parallel universe where mathematic consistency isn't required.

Mark Thoma's take on the Ford op-ed is well-worth a few minutes of your time.