Most Americans sense this. The ground Newt has seized can be taken back with straight talk. To most Americans, opportunity means a level playing field. For example, equal access to quality education, which today includes equal access to technological skills. Opportunity also means fair taxation, which means wholesale campaign finance reform and the elimination of highly paid lobbyists who warp our political system on behalf of the already rich.
American voters are eager for a populist upheaval.
We hate idleness and inherited privilege. One can imagine an independent political reform movement based upon our appreciation of industriousness and fair play. Such a movement would, for example, offer temporary public service jobs to all those willing to work hard. The minimum guaranteed in these and all jobs would be a living wage. But while reform should be focused on economic opportunity for every American, our core values can't be econometric.