JOEL KOTKIN AND FRED SIEGEL ON the Gentry Liberals: “Over the last half a century, liberals have moved from strong support for basic middle-class concerns — epitomized by the New Deal and the G.I. Bill — to policies that reflect the concerns and prejudices of ever more elite interests. As a result, neither party speaks for broad middle class concerns.”

And Lou Dobbs slouches nearer, his moment come ’round at last . . . .