Turns out, even Republicans can't relate to someone with a Swiss bank account
The plural of anecdote isn't data, but
it's still fun.
Crum, a Republican small business owner in this sleepy seaside town south of Tallahassee, calls Romney a multi-millionaire who expects to get breaks because he's rich -- be it a low tax rate or the GOP nomination [...]
[F]or conservative North Florida voters, the term elitist is almost as bad as calling someone a liberal. That label is sticking with Romney, even though both candidates are worth more than many North Floridians earn in a lifetime.
As Jed noted a few days ago, this is a direct stake on Mitt Romney's entire premise for his candidacy—that he should be elected because he's rich:
"[O]ver the past few weeks we have seen a frontal assault on free enterprise. We expected this from President Obama. We didn't anticipate some Republicans would join him. That's a mistake for our party and for our nation. Ours is the party of free enterprise and free markets and consumer choice.
"The Republican Party doesn't demonize prosperity. We celebrate success in our party."
Romney has quickly learned that perhaps, just perhaps, that's really not the case. Indeed, it can't be said enough—Gingrich began his rise in the polls, post-New Hampshire, when he started attacking Romney's business record. On the flip side, Rick Santorum decided to defend Romney, and slid away into irrelevance.
Voters of all stripes are angry at the elites who have destroyed our economy and continue to find ways to plunder wealth from the rest of us. They're furious. And it's not just a few ragtag protesters at Occupy events. It's pretty much everyone. That's why even Romney has literally adopted the Occupy language:
"The 1 percent is doing fine. I want to help the 99 percent."
Unfortunately for him, everyone knows he's full of crap. And while Gingrich isn't exactly mired in poverty, or even in middle class, he at least doesn't have a Swiss bank account.