Dems Can't Ignore White Working Class

So says E. J. Dionne. But they probably will, as they have for decades.

Dionne laments the drop in real wages for high school graduates:

"Working class" seems an antique term, but it still exists, more now in the service industries than in manufacturing. Demographers often use education levels as a surrogate for class position, and the last three decades have not been kind to Americans who are not college graduates.
For white male high school grads, average wages stood at $18.44 an hour in 1979. They dropped to $16.06 an hour in 1995. There was then a brief upturn -- wages for such men hit $17.49 in 2002 -- but by 2006, their earnings had fallen to $17.31 an hour. (These numbers are in constant 2006 dollars.)
White female high school graduates have gained ground, but their wages have recently stagnated too. In 1979, such women earned $11.75 an hour. Their wages peaked at $13.42 in 2003, but dropped to $13.08 in 2006. Similar patterns, at somewhat higher wage levels, are visible over the years for men and women who attended college but didn't graduate.

So have either Clinton or Obama made any serious efforts to put a stop to illegal immigration, which threatens to drive wages for unskilled labor down to third world levels? Not that I have heard.

And of course, both Clinton and Obama favor racial discrimination against white working class people for college admissions, hring and promotion, and government contracts. Even more interesting is the fact that often a member of a minority group who comes from a privileged background will be given preference over working class whites. Examples include all four of Congressman William Jefferson's daughters, who were all admitted to Harvard Law School, likely over much more highly qualified whites.

I always chuckle to myself when hearing lefties lament the fact that many working class whites have voted for Reagan or Bush. They can't understand why someone doesn't want to vote for a politician who promises to discriminate against them because of their skin color or gender!