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thenewgreen · 4516 days ago · link · · parent · post: Romney and Bain Capital: The Secrecy is Killing Him
I don't know, many of those workers would likely hope to someday be in that spot. I think one can't underestimate a persons ability to projectively empathize. Someday, when I'm wealthy I'll get where he's coming from. You're assuming that the electorate votes for those that align most closely with where they currently are or with those that will help them in their current situation the most. They don't. If they did, the poor would never vote GOP and the poor whites do vote GOP all the friggin time.
I know that this quote is all over Hubski but its appropriate here: "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." -Steinbeck
Well fortunately for BO, he pretty much only has to focus on the rust belt, where this message will resonate strongest. MR could flip Florida, Colorado, Virginia, NC and Iowa from 08 and still lose. Here is a refresher of the 08 results. Difficult to see which of the other blue states will go the other way.
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thenewgreen · 4516 days ago · link ·
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada all appear to be up for grabs as well, according the the NYTimes