GOP’s fake poverty push gets a new charlatan: Rob Portman’s latest ploy
Mitt Romney’s 47 percent video has had two important, lasting contributions to American politics. The first is that it kept Mitt Romney from becoming president. The second is that it made some Republicans realize that being perceived as the party that cares exclusively for the well-heeled perhaps isn’t the best look. Casually glance around the Republican political landscape and you’ll find a sudden outpouring of concern for the plight of America’s impoverished.
