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Every time I hear this stuff about educated, leftist, left coast liberal voters, I think that these were not the only people I saw at our caucuses.
I think Obama's populism is reaching much further into the fabric of our culture than you pundits living in the great cities of our country realize. Ordinary people in plaid shirts and jeans are voting for Obama. People are seeing the consequences of the political legacy of the Bushes, Clintons and those who love them so much and they are sick and tired of it.
We heard what he said and while it might have been clumsy, there was a truth in the middle of it.