The comments thread on Salon is another enlightening read. A couple people said that the answer to the Democratic woes is to tag the Repubs as “selfish.” They don’t get that human nature is selfish. The Libs refusal to comprehend or accept original sin is the basic flaw that undermines all their Utopian schemes.
Leftists are only generous with other people's money. Economic Conservatives aren't “selfish”, so much as pragmatic.
Under capitalism, wealth is unevenly distributed. Under socialism, poverty is evenly distributed. Leftists are happy with a small piece of pie — so long as your slice isn't any bigger. They would turn down the choice of a bigger piece, if your slice would be even bigger. Conservatives want everyone to have more pie.
all head/no hat