There is a lot of evidence supporting Thomas Piketty’s observation that the real split in American society is not a Left/Right 50-50 split, but more like a 99-1 split between Very Rich People (VRP) and Everyone Else (EE).
Given that, let’s imagine that we can dispose with most of what passes for political discourse by observing that the VRP has been very good at manufacturing a fabric of false narratives about left v right – all of it intended to distract from the actual 99-1 split.
Now that the scales have fallen from our eyes, let’s further imagine that we can put all of the elected Democrats in Delaware on a more true ideological spectrum from 0 to 5. Zero being 100% VRP, and 5 being 100% EE.
It is fairly simple to get started.
Carper is a hard 0. He is brazenly and proudly a member of the VRP, as is Chris Coons. Carper’s primary opponent, Kerri Harris, is a solid 5, clearly in the Everyone Else (EE) camp.
Are there any other solid 5’s in Delaware? The only elected I can think of is Kowalko who holds more EE positions that any other elected’s . Matt Denn, and Sean Lynn also strike me as a members of the EE party.
Help me out. Who among the current crop of challengers sounds like they are with Everyone Else?
