I think it was Andrew Gelman or someone like that who said that "both parties are parties of the rich, but the Republicans are more so."
Anyway, this obsession over whose side is more clever/brilliant/educated/intelligent strikes me as elitist in a bad way.
I'd agree, and if I've given off the impression of embracing elitism, I apologize to all. I'm from a small, gun-loving state that takes pride in being "rural" (that seems to have a more "negative" meaning in other regions of this country), and I actually have a healthy dislike for TRUE elitism, but I think the general practice of blaming "corporate America" is lame, lazy and short-sighted, and I REALLY hate when people who shouldn't be elitist (LOL, not that ANYONE should ever be) are ... if you need an example, scroll up and read the works of this thread's Michigan Democrat...