see http://patriotpost.us/commentary/2011/12/19/the-democratic-party-finally-admits-it-no-longer-represents-the-middle-class/
Democrats are abandoning the middle for the "bipolar" distribution of very low income minorities and very high income/education professionals. Forget the WalMart NASCAR Larry the Cable Guy middle. Democrats pretty much rule coastal states and highly educated cities like Seattle and San Francisco.
He and other Democratic strategists including James Carville are instead advocating a 2012 election strategy based upon creating a coalition of educated professionals and lower income minority voters.
.... However, key Democratic strategists in a November 27th New York Times article laid out a 2012 election strategy that explicitly abandons middle class voters. In a very frank admission, Democrat strategist Rury Teixeira from the left leaning Center for American Progress states, "the Republican party has become the party of the white working class." He and other Democratic strategists including James Carville are instead advocating a 2012 election strategy based upon creating a coalition of educated professionals and lower income minority voters.
The educated professionals that the Democratic party hopes to include in this coalition are artists, college professors, social workers and teachers. Not surprisingly, this list includes professions that tend to have very liberal views as well as those that are employed by some form of government. Noticeably absent are the long standing supporters of the Democratic party, private sector union workers. This may reflect the fact that for the first time, taxpayer subsidized public sector union workers outnumber private sector union workers.
The Democratic strategy for 2012 also relies on those receiving government benefits for a significant portion of its voting power. This helps to explain why Democratic sponsored legislation has focused upon expanding unemployment benefits and government healthcare at the expense of policies that will create jobs. As far back as FDR, one of the most successful Democratic election strategies has been to increase programs of dependency even if those programs prevent economic recovery and result in increased unemployment.
The 2012 election strategy, excludes middle class Americans largely because Democratic sponsored job creation programs, have failed miserably. The 800 billion dollars Stimulus Bill was designed to provide continued funding of public sector jobs rather than the creation of new private sector jobs.
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for more see http://patriotpost.us/commentary/2011/12/19/the-democratic-party-finally-admits-it-no-longer-represents-the-middle-class/
Democrats are abandoning the middle for the "bipolar" distribution of very low income minorities and very high income/education professionals. Forget the WalMart NASCAR Larry the Cable Guy middle. Democrats pretty much rule coastal states and highly educated cities like Seattle and San Francisco.
He and other Democratic strategists including James Carville are instead advocating a 2012 election strategy based upon creating a coalition of educated professionals and lower income minority voters.
The Democratic Party Finally Admits It No Longer Represents the Middle Class
· Monday, December 19, 2011.... However, key Democratic strategists in a November 27th New York Times article laid out a 2012 election strategy that explicitly abandons middle class voters. In a very frank admission, Democrat strategist Rury Teixeira from the left leaning Center for American Progress states, "the Republican party has become the party of the white working class." He and other Democratic strategists including James Carville are instead advocating a 2012 election strategy based upon creating a coalition of educated professionals and lower income minority voters.
The educated professionals that the Democratic party hopes to include in this coalition are artists, college professors, social workers and teachers. Not surprisingly, this list includes professions that tend to have very liberal views as well as those that are employed by some form of government. Noticeably absent are the long standing supporters of the Democratic party, private sector union workers. This may reflect the fact that for the first time, taxpayer subsidized public sector union workers outnumber private sector union workers.
The Democratic strategy for 2012 also relies on those receiving government benefits for a significant portion of its voting power. This helps to explain why Democratic sponsored legislation has focused upon expanding unemployment benefits and government healthcare at the expense of policies that will create jobs. As far back as FDR, one of the most successful Democratic election strategies has been to increase programs of dependency even if those programs prevent economic recovery and result in increased unemployment.
The 2012 election strategy, excludes middle class Americans largely because Democratic sponsored job creation programs, have failed miserably. The 800 billion dollars Stimulus Bill was designed to provide continued funding of public sector jobs rather than the creation of new private sector jobs.
Third-party content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Patriot Post.
for more see http://patriotpost.us/commentary/2011/12/19/the-democratic-party-finally-admits-it-no-longer-represents-the-middle-class/
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