Rasmussen has an interesting new demographic distinction; populist v.s. political class. I’m not sure how precisely the groups are defined, but their surveys against this axis are very interesting, and reveal a definite major split between the two groups.
The public is in a major anti-beltway mood, and I think it’s too late for the donx to try to paint themselves as populists after this orgy of insiderism. All the Republicans have to do is resist, pose, and be ready to clobber them over the head with all of this organizational/class incest.
If he can learn to mellow a bit in his old age, Newt’s the perfect guy to do it. Clinton got the best of him, but Clinton was a virtuoso. I don’t think that Pelosi or Reid have a snowball’s chance in hell of rolling Newt, and at this point, 0bama’s spent all his political capital, and won’t be able to save them.
0bama’s already peed all over too many people he needs. He’s not as smart as Clinton. He could very easily be Carter II in more ways than one.
