How did the Democrats wind up with all these rich guys as presidential nominees? I mean, you have Dean, who comes from money; Kerry, an original Brahmin, married to the Heinz heiress. Then there's Clark, Edwards and Kucinich, who make much of their humble origins (Edwards: I worked in textile mills with my dad; Kucinich: we lived in a car; Clark, weakly: we lived in a rented house). But all three seem to be doing well enough for themselves now. I have no data on Lieberman, but he went to Yale in '60 so I assume his parents weren't too badly off.

You'd think the party that claims to represent the downtrodden or whatever it is they do would be able to find some poor people to run for president, no?

Look how well Clinton turned out, for example.

On the back of my utility bill this month: