Hopefully, you are right. I tend to think that who constitutes the rich will be steadily expanded to include practically anyone who has a job in the private sector. The low information voters plus the public sector outnumber have rival numbers to those who have private sector jobs and will cheer on the erosion of the "geese that lay the golden eggs". The issue is far from being settled. Obama implied as much last night.
True, sadly. The shameless media makes the debate all the more unfair. That said, Clymer Krugman at al-NY Times is not a happy camper: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/that-bad-ceiling-feeling/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto