Voters don't want money?

Here is an interesting argument from Michael Barone. He is conservative, but probably knows more about politics district by district than anyone else in the country, having edited National Journal's Almanac of American Politics for years.

I think the larger mistake the Obama Democrats have made is that they suppose ordinary voters want government to channel more money in their direction.

But ordinary Americans don't want money as much as they want honor. They want what the chance to achieve what American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks calls "earned success."