Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

to the plans to turn the Dem Party into Republican lite, a party for the Elite, rather than the working class.

I'm sure, that like Reagan, they have told themselves that if the Elite are doing well, it WILL, honestly this time, trickle down to the little people. They have the same disdain for the working class that their counterparts in the Republican Party have.

The THINK they are different because they 'CARE' and they give nice speeches about Gay Rights and Women's Rights etc, but so long as they cater to Wall St, that is all just lip service.

In some ways I prefer the Right Wing's outright anti Working Class/Poor/Elderly attitude. Because no one can be fooled, unless they want to be, into thinking they are the friends of the people.

Far more insidious is the rhetoric from the 'New Dems' who are on the same page as the Republicans on everything BUT a few social issues. So they deceive the people into thinking they actually care.

Matt Stoller, airc, years ago was supportive of the New Democrats and had a pretty elitist attitude towards us poor non-insider-DC types.

I haven't read the entire article yet, but I feel like saying, from what I have read, 'told you so' signed, someone who 'doesn't know how politics work'!