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On Point
Good program today looking at conservative blue-collars and why they are looking to someone outside the government. Most interesting point, to me, was Thomas Frank stating that the Democratic Party has shifted focus to the more professional class, and left the working class behind, and that is one reason for the rise of a populist outsider.
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/10/25/trump-country-tea-party-conservatism
He says this time we are going to go for the status quo, but hopes this can get fixed for next time.