The working man's President no more ?
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The working man's President no more ?
First some context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMQFtwhteZ8&feature=relmfu
Now the reality:
" November 27, 2011, 11:34 PM
The Future of the Obama Coalition
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class.
All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working class has been effectively jettisoned in favor of cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment — professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists — and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic. "
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/the-future-of-the-obama-coalition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMQFtwhteZ8&feature=relmfu
Now the reality:
" November 27, 2011, 11:34 PM
The Future of the Obama Coalition
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class.
All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working class has been effectively jettisoned in favor of cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment — professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists — and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic. "
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/the-future-of-the-obama-coalition/
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