Ah. A Republican "Economists for Romney" Letter

I see that there is a Republican "Economists for Romney" letter: http://economistsforromney.com/.

I wonder how many of the signers have second thoughts now that the Republicans have a vice presidential candidate whose guru on economics demands not just a gold standard but a gold coinage. Lucas, Scholes, and Mundell must be wincing--Becker and Prescott are beyond shame. If I were them, I would back out now while they still can…

The conventional way to score these things is to look at how many members of your party's Council of Economic Advisers could be induced to sign this thing. By that count, on a scale where 10 is perfect agreement, the score is…

3.7!

That is a remarkably low score at this game: less than 4 out of 10 economists appointed by Republicans to the Council of Economic Advisors want to be associated with this…