This can’t come to a good end, I fear:
Michael Barbaro, Fury Shakes the Iowa Caucuses, Boosting Ted Cruz While Slowing Hillary Clinton
The two [Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz] are worlds apart on almost every issue.
She is for abortion rights; he is firmly opposed to them. She wants to expand health care; he wants to blow up the Affordable Care Act. She wants to raise taxes on the rich; he wants to impose a flat tax that would lower them. She is an eager supporter of gay marriage; he views its legalization as an infringement on religious liberty.
But both confront the same furious national mood and the challenge of turning alienation and rage into organized support and Election Day votes over the coming months — without going too far. Of course Iowa is not representative of the entire country. Its quirks and attitudes may not be replicated everywhere. But it is difficult to overstate how avidly large segments of Americans now wish to see the depth of their outrage and their hunger for deep-seated reform embodied in their presidential candidates.
“It’s totally understandable,” said Steve Schmidt, a longtime Republican strategist who advised John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. “Across the depth and breadth of American society,” he said, “nothing seems to be working.”
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/138537381507
