Still, it's fair to ask how many middle-class Americans will actually be squeezed.
How many middle-class Americans now believe that the sky is the limit if they work hard enough?
Higher education officials could not say how many middle-class students would be affected by the proposal.
But how many middle-aged men, especially those with daughters, would admit to this attraction in public?
It doesn't matter how many middle-aged columnists mock the hashtag as teenage stupidity; Abby and young people like her are using the tools at their disposal to engage with politics and politicians.
"Do you know," she asks, feigning concern, "how many middle-aged men go out for a pint of milk and never come home?" And then, at a furious pitch: "NOT ENOUGH!" This is only the third date of her tour and the set will improve when she cuts looser from a tight script.
The underlying premises of the debate were so deeply conservative that I doubt any Democrats who watched were tempted to jump ship, and I am not sure how many middle-of-the-road voters were drawn the Republicans' way, except by Kasich and possibly by Rubio.
How many middle-aged men need hormone treatment?
