out of touch-itude

The NC GOP is making a push onto college campuses to try to make inroads on the 3-1 advantage Obama had in 2008. One small problem with this:

I guess they’re just not willing to compromise to the extent a young person would on some social stances

Yep, another example of being out of touch.

read more: Charlotte Observer

Robert Greenwald has released a new viral video about the many mansions of John McCain. It's disgusting.

However, I've also been doing some thinking (in the aftermath of the Edwards whizzbang) about how wealthy candidates are able to inflate their own bubbles, float safely within them above the machinery of party and populi, and thus avoid so much of what makes financially scrappy politicians more accountable.