Republicans really don't get it

The national communications director of McCain's 2000 campaign has a piece in a Times blog on how liberals are hypocritical for bemoaning the "economic-political disconnect" (my phrase) in low-income socially conservative voters (a la "What's the Matter with Kansas?"), while ignoring the same disconnect in high-income socially liberal voters. Seriously? Are you comparing the impact of a higher capital gains tax rate on someone who made $2 billion last year with the impact of cutting off food stamps and unemployment insurance, or spending $10 billion a month on the Iraq war ($400/month for every family in the U.S. -- now that would be a rebate)?

There's a case to be made that the economic prosperity of the U.S. has allowed socially conservative voters to neglect their economic interests. But during recessions/depressions? That's a different story.