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Obama's Middle-Class Meltdown
By cozying up to Wall Street and pushing climate change, the president is playing to the coasts—and losing Middle America. Joel Kotkin on the Dems’ disconnect—and the GOP’s problems exploiting it.
Joel Kotkin
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Feb. 26 2010
4:51PM EST
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