ROBERT REICH: The American Dream Has Fallen Apart

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The Pols basic problem, the war lovers and the power lovers, is they still have to get elected, in an election that is seen as legitimate, and that is hard to pull off with mobs in the street calling for your head.

Mobs in the street, calling for someone's head? I've never seen anything like that.

As best I can tell, the only problem the pols have re Presidential elections is a handful of counties in a handful of purple states. Yep, that's what a billion in hard money alone spent by each of Romney and Obama came down to. A handful of indie votes in a handful of counties. And they knew that while they were running, because that's what the Presidential has always comes down to in recent times. Some say 8 counties, some say less, some say as much as 100 counties. But, it's not even purple states. It's a few counties in each state.

That's because they've gotten to the point where they can pretty much count on their respective bases. Sure, every now and again, a Zell Miller or a Julie Eisenhower goes rogue, but that is the exception.

On the other hand, voters have a huge problem. Our problem in all elections is that we get only two choices, each of which has been handpicked and groomed by people like Emanuel and Schumer (that was the 2006 DCCC and DSCC team--too lazy to google for more recent info, though I think Schumer may still be in charge of the DSCC.)

With that, I fear I must sign off for now. Enjoyed chatting. Thanks. See you again another time.