The Poisoned Chalice

 http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2012/11/john-roberts-sam-alito-clarence-thomas-nino-scalia-and-company-handed-mitt-romney-a-poisoned-chalice.html#more

As many of you might know I read Brad DeLong's blog just about every day.  There are times the discussion is too "wonkish" for someone of my limited abilities.  Then there are times when the comments are actually as good as, or better than, the Blog itself.  It behooves every one of you/us to at least look at it every day.  Here is an excerpt from one of the comments  --  no names, and not the entire comment.  Please read:

 Romney ran his campaign like someone selling securities in a private placement (which was his expertise, so he did it well). He just acted as if his lawyers had made all the disclosures about how you can lose all your money and that this whole venture is really speculative, while at the same time telling everyone that this was a sure thing. The real facts, his tax returns and actual policy details, were withheld from scrutiny; he treated the public in the same way. One group he sold in order to get money to run his campaign, they other he sold to for their votes. It never mattered what he said: the assumed fine print was that this is speculative, you can lose all your money and I'm going to do whatever I want, and think I need to do, in order to win.  .......................................................... 
Romney had no moral or ethical policy compass to navigate himself through the campaign, so that the public could clearly know what he stood for and what he intended to do when he took office. The public could smell a rat, especially those who are used to an unfair playing field. ..................................................

The commenter has more to say.  Follow the link above to the Blog.

One thing the commenter makes very clear is the extent of the disconnect between us regular folks and the RICH.  They really didn't have a clue.  It's not just a bubble, it's a total disconnect.  John Edwards was right  --  there really are two Americas, and we happen to have the votes.