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[JDPriestly]

34. It isn't a matter of cheap political points.

It is a matter of whether she will be able to tell her story to voters for all the dissension over her controversial past and Bill's controversial past.

Let's leave the past behind.

We are entering a populist era. If Cantor's defeat does not prove it, then just wait.

Hillary may feel that she is a populist, but the fact is that her past and Bill's past, lived at a time very different from this time, will defeat or at least muddy any claim she makes to be a populist.

Hillary is the bankers' candidate. That's how she will be seen by the most active members of the Democratic base -- me for one.

I recall in 2008 in a debate with Obama about healthcare, Hillary said something to the effect that couples earning $250,000 are middle class. How many couples earn $250,000? They are the upper middle class, maybe even rich in the eyes of most Americans.

In California and New York, the view may be different, but when it comes to economic reality, Hillary is way out of touch with most Americans.

The average Social Security recipient receives about maybe $1300 per month. That is the middle class for the many, many Americans who rely on Social Security for all or most of their income.

Hillary and most of D.C. are way out of touch.