[gatorbait]

Well, I think an elitist he may be , but as a Southerner,I do not find him nearly as condescending as his peer group on the Left. By the way, have you ever noticed Southern Liberals seem to feel the need to be even MORE Left than their Northern peers? My theory is that they know the Hahvahd types look down on all of us , so they have to "prove" their worthiness to the cause. Any thoughts on that?

[Aetius]

I think there is some truth to what you say about southern liberals feeling the need to establish their bonafides with the northern liberals that they so want to be.

But then there are the John Edwards types. He goes on and on about his working-class roots, and small town values as a deliberate way to try and curry the support of all the small-town, working-class Southerners who on net disagree with him on virtually every social issue. He hides his liberalism behind a cloak designed to keep people from noticing just how far left he is on so many issues. Believe me, when he ran for Senate in 1998 he didn't bother telling the voters that he favors amnesty for illegal aliens, or that he would oppose conservative judges, etc.