A Slipping Hold on the Middle Class

Joshua Green, Boston GlobeON MONDAY, in a town hall meeting intended to reassure beleaguered voters, the opening questioner, Velma Hart, told the president, "I voted for a man who was going to change things in a meaningful way for the middle class and I'm waiting sir, I'm waiting. I still don't feel it yet.'' Hart voiced the frustrations of the countless middle-class Americans who, polls indicate, will abandon the Democrats in November. White House officials are frustrated, too, believing that they have achieved much of what the president promised: bring health care to millions,...

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