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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

The Republicans are, 'the party of the rich,' my mom said, 'We're poor, so we're Democrats.' That convinced me. I had no wish to remain poor, so I became a Republican at the age of 12.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.