New Orleans Here’s what Mitt Romney didn’t learn at the country club and the millionaire’s ball: when you declare class war, you better have your troops in line. So sure when you talk to your buddies, as he did in the fundraiser video, about all of the moochers in the 47% or 99% or whatever, …
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The Cynicism of “Class War” in Presidential Campaign
New Orleans Nate Silver takes a hard look at the prospects of the Obama campaign this November in the Times magazine section and concludes its good strategy to ramp up the populism. By his numbers if Obama pushes the pop-buttons hard, the Midwest might fall in line, and then the race is won. First, none of …
Republican Anti-worker Perversions in Wake of Wisconsin Anti-Union Laws
New Orleans A year ago new Governor Scott Walker led the Wisconsin legislature in a bitter, highly contentious and contested, battle to attack public employee unionization. The headlines a year later focus on labor’s efforts to recall the government. What happened to the workers in Wisconsin in the face of these new laws? Short answer: nothing …