Posted on 02/07/2016 12:30:23 PM PST by MtnClimber
Voters keep sending the political class a message, and the political class continues to misread it.
It is as if the political class doesn't want to understand voters because doing so would threaten their presumed expertise (and, in turn, their careers and pocketbooks).
Analysis of Iowa's caucus results made clear that the Democratic Party has realigned: It is more cosmopolitan in academic circles, more socialist among the youth and aging baby-boomers, and more anti-establishment overall.
In short, it is left of left.
Yet the post-caucus coverage largely zeroed in on the personalities of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, not on a deeper examination of where their party stands.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
The dems have a terrible choice between these two.
The goal is to become the establishment.
As Tom Hagen said during his last meeting with Jack Woltz: "You are deliberately misunderstanding me."
The next morning, Woltz woke up with something unpleasant in his bed.
Two old, unattractive, crochety, white people. Hillary is utterly corrupt, and Bernie and his spouse have a few skeletons in their closet, as well. What a choice!!
The ruling class doesn’t misunderstand or misread anything. These things are simply irrelevant.
The left plays on envy and hate. Very unattractive.
I am still sitting here wondering when the Democrat Party became the DemoCRATIC party.
When did all the liars, muggers, and thieves become demoCRATIC, I thought they were just demoCRATS.
Words mean things people; I have watched this evolution of the language long enough to know that when words change it usually bodes ill for conservatives.
Bump
How about if the energy companies refuse to sell any energy to the Federal government?
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