The poor, however, aren't going away. Their numbers are likely to grow. Eventually that may force Obama and the Democrats to do something they haven't done in decades, and that's take the dire plight of the poor seriously. There's nothing dirty about that.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His forthcoming book, How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge (Middle Passage Press) will be released in January, 2010.
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