You've been listening to Leftists too much. The GOP very much cares about working people. Which party has consistently been i favor of empowering individuals to make decisions about themselves and their economic situation? Which party wanted to pry an individual's healthcare from the clutches of his employer? Which party wanted to empower an individual in his retirement choices, rather than rely on Big Daddy Social Security, which everyone knows is broke.The GOP actually represents the middle class, especially small business owners, in this country. That is obvious if you look at the new governors. The Dums represent the uber wealthy on either coast and their footmen union workers and black voting bloc.
The GOP governors who were being laughed at here for low approval ratings are seeing their policies bear fruit. Florida has a higher credit rating than the United States. Wisconsin has taken a huge deficit and is turning it into a surplus. New Jersey is back from the dead.
That will play out nationally as well.
You know, the thing is, the GOP only cares about the small business owners. They don't care about the people who have to work for them. Or at the very least, they do a pretty bad job of connecting with them.
The biggest problem the GOP has is the perception that they are out of touch with the Nascar Dad and the Soccer Mom. It isn't fair, but it's true.
Right now, Perry or Romney should be mopping the floor with Obama in the polls, given all the shit that's gone down in the last two months. They are barely running even with him.
I applaud the fiscal sanity they are trying to impose, but at the end of the day, those "union footmen" you villify are working folks, too. They have all the same concerns that their non-union brethern have. The GOP needs to address those concerns.
I do think Perry can do a better job of making that connection than Mitt, "I need a bigger mansion" Romney.
Do working class people really identify with Obama and his Martha Vineyard vacations and numerous golf games? No, I don't think so. When he starts dropping his g's in campaign speeches, hold on to your wallet.
The reason teh polling is not better is that people aren't paying attention yet. The first primary is months away. The only people paying attention are morons like all of us who post here all the time.
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