In a letter in today's New York Times, Marisa Bartolucci writes:
"The New Democrats miss the point when they voice fears that the party, in seizing on allegations of corporate abuse, will again seem too populist for the majority of Americans. As the middle class and upper class watch their retirement investments evaporate, they are painfully recognizing that such large-scale corporate abuse makes us all 'little people.'
"Could the Democrats have a more salient issue when Americans feel this vulnerable?"
The answer is: No.