Still, candidates avoid death-penalty debate
As contenders for the presidency tailor their campaigns to address predominately middle-class concerns — health care, the economy, Iraq — they are giving short shrift to other issues that, though pressing, fail to capture the attention of their primary demographic.
The rationale goes like this: If the core electorate — middle-class America — does not care deeply about an issue, why expend the political capital necessary to tackle it? And why risk provoking controversy?
Tony Blair to headline Class Day