”I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair , I’ll fix it… . I’m not concerned about the very rich… . I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90 to 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.

There’s some truth to this.  Some infinitesimal, microscopic grain of truth. Between food & cash programs, rent assistance, daycare subsidies, tax credits, and the like, the ‘very poor’ are, in a sense, guaranteed a level of subsistence that completes the first level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, but that safety net provides little ability or incentive to climb higher. To those of us living anywhere above that most basic existence, the life of the ‘very poor’ may very well lay kitty-corner to the ninth circle of Dante’s hell. But much larger than that grain of truth is the glaring problem with Romney’s statement.  For far too long we (any faction) have desperately desired the Chief Executive to be ‘our’ President.  The two major political parties have grabbed hold of this desire and become more and more polarized, but any man elected has to act in the best interests of his entire constituency.  Romney’s 90-95 percent isn’t enough.  Even the 99% isn’t enough.  Power to the 100.