"The Arugula-and-Latte Candidate"

Margery Eagan on how Hillary has managed to paint herself woman-of-the-people to Barack's "arugula-and-latte" candidacy.

"Suddenly the biracial son of a single mother on food stamps has become the arugula-and-latte candidate, Mr. All-Organic please. The guy who just paid off his student loans has morphed into an effete Harvard philosopher king who has no clue as to how real people live. And this is before we even get into the nutty reverend mess.

Meanwhile, Hillary, $109 million in the bank and 30 years of life in a taxpayer-financed glass bubble, is champion of the little people. Their plight she understands completely. “She’s worked the night shift, too,” says a new Clinton ad comparing her to a waitress. I guess she refilled ketchup bottles somewhere between Wellesley, Yale Law and the Arkansas governor’s manse."

Read the whole column at the Boston Herald website.