“Polls suggest that upper-middle-class voters, a crucial source of strength for the Democrats in the last election cycle, are souring on the president, and his support among non-college-educated whites remains as weak as ever. Again, this doesn’t represent an embrace of Republican orthodoxy. Rather, it is an indication that the Democrats still don’t ‘own’ middle-class squeeze.”
Joe Klein: The problem is you, voters.
Great: For the first time ever, there are more than 2,000 federal subsidy programs.
Ouch: Indonesians mull tearing down “Little Barry” statue.
Video of Obama, then: Spending freezes are dangerous and McCain-y!
Jon Stewart goofs on Obama again.
Introducing the Middle Class Task Force.
Video: The Washington Post talks to Al Sharpton? Sure.
After hearing his pointed critique of the process, I asked him who in the Senate would make a better majority leader than Harry Reid. After a long silence, Sestak offered, “I don’t know them all well enough. I like Jack Reed. … No one jumps to mind.”
