The discussion inside the fractured conservative camp continues, and this comment by a Californian reader of Bill Kristol's column in The New York Times seems perfectly on target:
Joe the Plumber is exactly the problem of the Republican party. He has never benefited, and will never benefit, from the Republican policies. While Joe is too ignorant to realize that, most of the other Plumbers (the smart ones) are dumping the Republican party as quickly as they can. Which leaves the party without both those that read books and those that do not (but are smart). What is left? Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin. A promising future, no doubt...
This reader's opinion about about the beneficiaries of Republican policies is supported by a Nobel-class analysis about the income decline for average Americans during the last eight years.
