"Mr. President, this is illogical. Warren represents big capital, the energy giants, and the military-industrial complex. Why? Why are people still so devoted to supporting him?"
"Can't they see that Warren is using them? Do they really believe that a Senator worth tens of millions can empathize with them?"
"Leo."
Roosevelt's voice rang out.
"You must understand a concept."
"Reagan Democrats."
Leo was taken aback for a moment.
"I know that term. It refers to the white, blue-collar workers who switched sides to support Reagan in the 1980 election."
"It's more than just a historical political term," Roosevelt corrected. "It's the deepest fissure in the United States' political landscape, a fissure that's still bleeding today. And Warren is a man who grew up feeding on the blood from that wound."
Roosevelt drew Leo's mind back to the previous century.
