On Dec 5, 2008, at 2:04 PM, SA wrote:
> Given the timing and the lack of effect from wedge issues, my
> interpretation is that Lane Kenworthy was right: His paper [http://tinyurl.com/6du6xw
> ] concludes that the WC shift against Dems was caused
>
>> perhaps most importantly by changes in working-class
>> whites' confidence in the Democrats' ability to deliver the goods
>> on particular
>> issues. The key issues were material ones.
If that were true, why don't the populist/social democratic types do better in primaries and elections? Why didn't Edwards get more than a few percentage points?