I linked this post in the Moronosphere Links today, but I wanted to expand and suggest why I think it's a little wrong, at least in PA, and why this Bitter thing is damaging to Obama.  He is absolutely right that most Democrats do have the same kind of disdain for the average guy that Obama prominently displayed in his Bitter comments in San Fransisco.  However, things work a bit differently in PA.  There are a lot of Democrats in PA (and other places) who are at least cultural moderate, if not somewhat conservative.  A lot of Democrats here are fairly or even solidly pro-2nd, somewhat or even solidly social conservative. 

You can look at guys like Bob "Hey, My Dad Was Governor" Casey Jr. and his father as that principle at work.  Had Casey Jr. been an aggro pro-choice gun-grabber, he would have never won in PA.  There is a reason that Obama was leaning very heavily on Casey and other PA Democrats for support, even before the Bitter fiasco. 

So why don't these people become GOP?  The reason is a lot of them work in failing industries.  They know that the industries they work in can't compete in a free market.  They're also very tied to their community and the industry, they don't want to leave, they don't want to work in a different job, they, er don't want change. 

I'd say most of these types of voters don't buy the New Left philosophy, a good number of them are old school Democrats.  Some are gonna sway depending on what in their interests is more threatened, their culture and lifestyle, or their financial situation.  When Obama starts making noise about guns (in particular) and religion and trashing their lifestyle, and already has a suspect track record on those issues, that makes him the bigger threat and works in the GOP's favor.  They'll only swallow New Left crap up to a certain point, Obama has given them too much. 

Obama failed to see what a liability that was in PA, Hillary (or her handlers) did or do see it, she's hedged herself a bit, particularly on guns, which is why she is going to stomp him here come the April primary, and why he'll never win here in November.

Note, this isn't all of PA's Democrats, only some of them, there are lots of New Left people here too, like in the Soviet of Philly.

Hmm, seems The New Republic sees what I see...and they're nervous. (H/T Moron-in-Chief)

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