I can’t decide if this quote, from a piece on Obama’s rhetoric, is monumentally depressing or incredibly patronizing.

“If you’re an unemployed steelworker, a former coal miner, you want to know about job training, who pays your health care,” Dr. Madonna said. “Obama’s speeches are uplifting but without much specificity, and that’s a tough sell for working people who don’t live in a world of ideas.”

I suppose it can be both.