Voices from the DNC: Herbert Graves on Romney’s Disconnect with Working America

Voices from the DNC: Herbert Graves on Romney’s Disconnect with Working America

Voices from the DNC: Herbert Graves on Romney’s Disconnect with Working America

Average Americans need housing, healthcare and better jobs. Romney’s platform isn’t convincing them that he can deliver.

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At last week’s Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney made a point of arguing that though he may have come from privilege, he could still relate to the average American. But Herbert Graves, a delegate to the DNC from Maryland, says that Romney’s message is not connecting with working people.

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