Interesting question. You are right, we have enough runway to take a look at the current landscape and see the effects of the "class warfare" rhetoric. It's interesting to me where we are at considering our recent past: 1. Financial collapse in 2008 2. #occupywallstreet 3. Obama didn't do much to impact taxation 4. Welcome Bernie Sanders I think you can see why Bernie is resonating so much. In a short amount of time we have seen a financial collapse, a failed promise and the same behaviors that led to the collapse occurring again. Bernie is inevitable. What's interesting is that "class warfare" is not a phrase being used by just the GOP, it's now used by the DEM's as well. They're saying it's class warfare to allow the wealthiest to disproportionately own so much and control so much. It's almost like the entire topic has been co-opted by the left. What #ows didn't have was a central figure, a leader that could help solidify their cause. Now, they have it in Bernie. I guess that's my ramblings on where I think we are at on the subject today. Thanks for the question.
I wonder what would happen if Bernie wins and the Republican party decided to feel salty about it. Obama was a double dose of disappointment on so many fronts. A lot of that could be blamed on a stubborn and beligerent congress. If the President's Office is supposed to be the ultimate bully pulpit and it feels like we've gotten so little accomplished in the last 8 years, what would it feel like to have someone promise so much disappoint all over again?