bloomberg: Karl Rove was the big winner. His Politics About Nothing lives on. If you aren't going to help the working man, tell him that the other condescending guy wants to take away his gun. Republicans show respect for all the things not under siege -- his guns, his religion, his marriage, his patriotism -- and hope no one homes in on jobs, foreclosures or health care.
After nailing ``values,'' no one notices that trickle-down economics largely trickles up.
in other words: working-class, you're being exploited, used, for political gain. and hillary's talk of obama's elitism is another ploy. character matters and the clintons have none when it comes to politics. they're bringing down the whole:
During the debate, Obama took back what he said for the fifth time and tried to explain that he meant people vote on things other than pocketbook issues when they give up on politicians. They become ``much more concerned about votes around guns,'' he said. ``Hot-button issues take prominence.''
Clinton upped the elitism ante by pointing out that Obama served on the same board as a one-time member of the Weather Underground. He pointed out that her husband had pardoned two members of the same radical group. Obama managed to squeeze in that Clinton knows what it's like to get hammered for saying something she didn't mean, harking back to her unfortunate line about not just staying home baking cookies.
So who won? Neither candidate looked that good. Who does, when they're on the defensive for more than half an evening. The moderators? You couldn't ask for two more mild-mannered anchors, yet they set the tone with questions about gaffes they had to know would eat up the clock.
but we can stop them here and now in pennsylvania first and then on to indiana and north carolina.
