Just this week, Kerry declared that "real Democrats don't walk away from the middle class." He was seen as zinging Dean and Gephardt for favoring a rollback of even some of Bush's middle-class tax cuts.

But Kerry's speech also suggests that as the caucuses and primaries draw closer, the domestic worries of poor and middle-class voters will loom larger. If the contest turns, that will be why.

Still in the Running - By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, August 1, 2003; Page A19

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