Money is like water in that it can wear through the hardest of rocks. That is mostly the reason for this debacle. The Democrats abandoned the working class: 1), because they had so little money, 2), because those who did have a lot of money disdained the interests and needs of the working class and it became easier to get money from them if you didn't bring up issues about the less well off, and, 3) because the actual politicians and their associates much preferred to think of themselves as representatives of the middle class. They wanted to be part of 'The Elite'!

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."