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RETURN OF THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS: Of all the groups in the Democratic orbit, it is labor that has a?

By Glenn Reynolds

RETURN OF THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS:

Of all the groups in the Democratic orbit, it is labor that has assumed the most demanding role in this year’s midterm elections: keeping the white working class from flooding into the Republican column.

“When our canvassers call on our members on their doorsteps, they hear Glenn Beck or Bill O’Reilly in the background,” says Dan Heck, who heads a massive union-sponsored program in Ohio devoted to persuading its members to vote this November for candidates who would mightily displease Beck and O’Reilly.

Despite Harold Meyerson’s spin in the Post, I don’t think the Democrats’ policies have been exactly attuned to the needs of the white working class, so it’s going to be a pretty stiff game of catch-up between now and November . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 01, 2010 (boomark / email).