Democrats shocked to discover that anti-corporate meme continues to fail to move the needle.

What, exactly, was the victory condition here?

President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies hoped to capitalize on the recent wave of companies ditching the U.S. to slice their tax bill as a populist issue to fire up the progressive base and bash Republicans as slaves to corporate interests.

So far, rather than becoming the political whopper that Democrats dreamed of, the issue has turned out to be pretty much a massive dud.

…Because I’ve been watching the Left try to pound the left-populist, anti-corporate drum for I guess most of my life, and it always seems like the Left always seems to forget to get enough of the actual populace to make the whole thing worthwhile.  And it’s not for lack of trying: the ‘greedy’ or downright ‘villainous’ corporation as enemy has been a mass media trope since before the beginning of my life.  It would appear, however, that nobody actually cares. Or at least can distinguish the media fantasy from their own, rather more complex, lives.

Moe Lane

PS: I see that Ed Morrissey has also gone to town on this subject; so I’ll just link to him and go take as much of a nap as my kids will let me.  Awfully lazy of me, I know.