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"Working class" people can listen to and understand speeches that last half an hour, they can evaluate the wisdom of candidates who present them with ideas instead of slogans, they likely can do all sorts of things which would surprise you, Mr. Madden, despite what you may read in USA TODAY (which I've even seen in the hands of men who have shined shoes and wear ties.) What a classless commentary! Now that we've learned that a Yale degree is absolutely unrelated to intellect, perhaps you might be willing to admit that there is some possibility that a campaign based on reason, as well as hope, will succeed. It strikes me that Senator Clinton doesn't look or act all that "working class" -- only that she's trying very hard to influence votes on the basis of racial prejudice or her gender. It's a great time, in fact, for candidates with the ability to make complex solutions to complex problems more understandable -- not just to voters, but to the supposed "journalists" who constantly try to "dumb down" ideas to get sound bites.
