howard. it s my sense they are beefing up the second half of their ticket. biden is on the ticket clearly. he made it clear today. they want him to play the role of destroyer of mitt romney. you re right. that s the crescent. it goes through pennsylvania, through ohio, illinois, michigan, and so on. battleground states where blue collar workers are the key. culturally conservative. it s fascinating to watch the white house try to occupy the middle ground on private enterprise. mitt romney is claiming he s the guy who is going to turn around the private sector because he was in the private sector, but the white house is not going to sit back and take that argument at face value. they are going to say, no, new york city we actually care about the private sector because we went in and saved the auto industry. it s game on in terms of who can protect private enterprise for the working class.
itself moved more toward a college educated affluent voter. that helped obama beat hillary clinton. the republican party is nufg a position where the blue collar, noncollege, culturally conservative, conservative on foreign policy, not as focused on tax cuts. they are growing in importance. even in 08. already 55%, 60% of the vote. you have to think the balance could tilt even further because republicans have done so well with those voters. they can participate in the primaries. that helps the populists have a the managerial candidate usually wins but the balance of power is shifting that it may not be guaranteed anymore. if it s this crowded. they view obama as vulnerable. you get more candidates who say why not? i have a one on one shot. does that matter if you have three managers and a populist and three people a little bit of both. one, as you say, there are more viable managers dedividing
and i think there is there s a newness factor. lazio is a tired candidate, nobody excited about him. paladino seems, i don t know, fresh maybe. you think that is the right word. the pornographic and racist e-mails are kind of exciting. fresh doesn t work for me with paladino, your thoughts. it s nice to hear you use the word fresh about a guy who doesn t i say new in other words, he requires more probing and investigation between now and election day. and he will get it. and he will get. your thoughts. i think joan is right. another element, voters don t like a coronation they don t like to be told the election is over before it starts. they vote for the other guy? no they, consider with the other guy. dabble with the other guy, both these cases, andrew cuomo, joe manchin, basically told these guys were obvious. let s go to manchin, a very popular governor in west virginia, a culturally conservative state, pro-gun, right. right. culturally conservative in ma
and i think there is there s a newness factor. lazio is a tired candidate, nobody excited about him. paladino seems, i don t know, fresh maybe. you think that is the right word. the pornographic and racist e-mails are kind of exciting. fresh doesn t work for me with paladino, your thoughts. it s nice to hear you use the word fresh about a guy who doesn t i say new in other words, he requires more probing and investigation between now and election day. and he will get it. and he will get. your thoughts. i think joan is right. another element, voters don t like a coronation they don t like to be told the election is over before it starts. they vote for the other guy? no they, consider with the other guy. dabble with the other guy, both these cases, andrew cuomo, joe manchin, basically told these guys were obvious. let s go to manchin, a very popular governor in west virginia, a culturally conservative state, pro-gun, right. right.
the poll left out lazio. it may have oversampled republican voters slightly, not that much. lazio is a tired candidate, nobody excited about him. paladino seemed york know, fresh maybe. you think that is the right word. the pornographic and racist e-mails are kind of exciting. fresh doesn t work for me with paladino, your thoughts. nice to hear you use fresh new words about a guy who doesn t i say new in other words, he requires more probing and investigation between now and election day. and he will get t and he will get. sam? i think joan is right. another element, voters don t like a coronation they don t like to be told the election is over before it starts. they vote for the other guy? no they court other guy, dabble with the other guy, both these cases, andrew cuomo, joe manchin, basically told these guys were obvious. let s go to manchin, a very popular governor in west west, a culturally conservative state, pro-gun, culturally conservative