Morning Jay: Special Democratic Desperation Edition!

Published October 12, 2010 9:30am ET



“They’re counting on your silence. They’re counting on your amnesia. They’re counting on your apathy. They’re counting on young people staying home and union members staying home and black folks staying home and middle-class families staying home.”

President Obama made this comment at a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday night. Quite extraordinary. How has the President Obama gotten to this point, pitting one group against another for the sake of electoral gain?

I think there are four reasons.

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