<BR><BR><B><I>Seth Ackerman <sethackerman1@verizon.net></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div>To say that middle-income whites don't respond to populism means that <BR>Dems have already tried a populist strategy directed at middle-income <BR>whites. But where and when have they done it? Lower-income whites vote <BR>Democrat because Dem rhetoric evinces concern for "those left behind." <BR>But in their policy-rhetoric the Dems never evoke any conflict of <BR>interests between the rich and "everybody else." So how could mid-income <BR>whites possibly recognize themselves in it?<BR><BR>Seth</div> <div> </div> <div>But the inability of people like Edwards (Mr. "Two Americas") or Kucinich to generate much enthusiasm in 2004 can be shown to demonstrate that middle income voters don't respond to "us versus them" populism. That's why the term "working families" is so noxious. It
turns middle income voters off.</div></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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