Back On Track?

So today, the almighty (and perpetually drunk) Terry McAuliffe announced that Senator Clinton raised $10mn through 60,000 online donations after winning the PA primary by a 10-point margin. [Time]

My. Ass.

Seriously. Americans can't afford to fill their gas tanks, but you want me to believe that the Clinton campaign managed to pry about $166 from each wallet in blue collar America? I'm calling bullshit on this one. But that's not the point. Even if the Clinton campaign didn't just withhold $10mn at the end of the quarter and save it for a time when they needed a little money-driven "momentum," the question remains as to why blue collar America is so attached to Senator Clinton.

Blue collar jobs are incredibly difficult, strenuous, and over time, are often debilitating. It's a life that is incredibly admirable. But these people aren't sheet metal workers because it was their life's passion. They aren't workers in cement plants because they understand and value the importance of smooth texture and a good blend when pouring foundations. They're auto workers because it pays the bills. They're miners because they want to send their children to college. They're service workers because they want their children to be the directors and the CEO's they never had the opportunity to be.

Somewhere in this post I lost track of the snark and ended up in campaign speech land. But really. I've been trying to compose the next paragraph of this post for the last 20 minutes and have written and erased it 6 times. I don't fucking have an answer.

I don't understand blue collar America.