Brilliant Essay On The Real Political Battle for Blue-Collar Men

What we urgently need now, of course, is a presidential candidate who addresses the root causes of blue-collar anger and fear and who actually tackles the problems before us all, instead of pandering to the emotions bad times evoke.

As a friend who works in a Maine lumber mill among blue-collar Republicans explained about his co-workers, "They felt that everyone else – women, kids, minorities – were all moving up, and they felt like they were moving down. Even the spotted owl seemed like it was on its way up, while he and his job, were on the way down. And he's angry."

EL - The angry Dean, the powerful Clark, the workingman's friend Gephardt and Edward's meme of rewarding workers may be able to tap into Nascar Dad's psyche. This is going to be an important tough battle.