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2016 Postmortem

Proud Public Servant

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2. Meyerson's right

Reply to denem (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 04:35 PM

Jan 2012

Obama's biggest problem as a candidate is the trouble he has connecting with the white working class. It was a problem in 2008, when white working-class voters became the backbone of Hillary's campaign. It's a problem he's exacerbated repeatedly during his administration, from focusing on bank bailouts instead of jobs to staying silent on the uprising in Wisconsin to failing to push for single-payer. And it's a problem that will bedevil him in Ohio and Pennsylvania, 2 of the 3 most important states in the upcoming election.

But, yeah, Romney's got an even bigger problem.

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The Banker or the Professor: Who will blue collar Americans hate less? [View all] denem Jan 2012 OP

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No he isn't right... Drunken Irishman Jan 2012 #4

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