I Want a President Who Cares About People Like Me

It is, I think, scandalous that Barack Obama won the “cares about people like me” sweepstakes over Mitt Romney by 81% - 18% in 2012. The New York Post reported that it wasn't an accident: The entire Obama campaign was designed to tell swing voters that Romney and the Republicans did not care about them. You’re a single woman? They oppose your use of contraception -- they don’t care about you. Hispanic voter? They oppose immigration reform and even oppose the DREAM Act -- they don’t care about you. Don't forget about class, Posties. The Joe Soptic ad said: Are you working class? They don't care about you. Now what the Dems were doing, of course, is appealing to specific identities, people that they have taught to feel separate and victimized, and saying that Mitt Romney didn't care about them as an identity. The Dems were doing that because that's what they do. And they were right! Mitt Romney and the Republican Party just...(Read Full Article)