Presuming to speak for any one individual, let alone a group of individuals, is, by its nature, risky business.
Despite the poignancy of the poetry, walking a mile in another's shoes requires having another's feet.
Metaphorically powerful, physically impossible.
All of that said, here's some politics in plain English.
People don't care how long it took for Barack Obama to use the term "act of terror" when describing the killings in Libya.
For that matter, they don't care if he ever said it at all.
People don't care if or why Mitt Romney misspoke when he referred to his binders full of women.
Okay, some people say they care. But some people are always looking for something/anything to bitch about at any given time.
Most people understand, by now, that it was a poorly chosen expression describing what appears to be a pretty pro-active approach to the inclusion of women in government.
People don't care whether or not Candy Crowley interrupted either Obama or Romney inappropriately.
People care about the price of gasoline.
People care about the safety of their children.,
People care about being able to find and keep a good job.
People care about the education of their children.
People care about finding affordable and easy to understand health care.
The reason Bill Clinton's popularity is at an all time high is that he understands what people care about.
The reason Obama and Romney are in a statistical dead heat, at this moment, is that neither one has found a way to prove that they understand what people care about.
The reason this campaign seems rudderless is that it is being steered by media.
And instead of stirring our emotions as they work to impress and inspire us, the two candidates and the media can only manage to stir the shit.
I'm sure if that could be conveyed to either or both candidates, they would have ready made, staff approved sound byte length, zinger ready responses.
People don't care.
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