Executive Editor JOEL KOTKIN on The Wall Street Journal regarding democracy

by Kaitlin Hopkins 01/11/2010

The loss of Dodd is no loss. He was tainted by Wall Street slavishness and represented the very gentry liberalism that threatens the future and credibility of the Democrats. If we are to be ruled by Wall Street, why not support a party that doesn’t mind if the rest of us try to get rich? Dorgan is another story. He has been a legitimate, if sometimes crusty, populist. He is just not another pampered society socialist like Dodd. He spoke for the Heartland and the middle class in tones that recall some of the great true progressives. He will be missed.

Joel on WSJ

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