Re: leaders background sicussion- split from primary watch thread
still middle class, upper middle maybe.
book keeper had good income just like an accountant has now, but still upper middle class, not the elite in any way.
still leaves Obama, guiliani, reagen, hastert, edwards, ridge, cuomo etc as just some examples of major political figures who came from very modest backgrounds. Nixon could not even go to harvard because while he was admitted he did not have money to go even after a scholarship. thatcher and major we have already covered. even Tony Blair's father was a university lecturer.