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Shrewd Republicans and conservatives have long understood their political danger from public outrage over such imbalances. Lee Atwater, the 1988 campaign manager for George HW Bush, summed it up: "The way to win a presidential race against the Republicans is to develop the class warfare issue [as 1988 nominee Michael Dukakis belatedly did at the end.] To divide up the haves and have nots and to try to reinvigorate the New Deal coalition." Page xiii
"Tax fairness" anyone? The "Middle Class Squeeze" anyone? George Bush's answer to everything -- "Tax Cuts For The Rich" anyone
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