Quote: Prometheus said: Yeah, I remember him. But, he was a tard. Why can't we have a poverty-level or middle-clas, blue-collar President? Why must they always be rich and from Harvard, or something?
Both Reagan and Clinton were from middle class families.
Both of them, obviously, went onto to success before becoming President, however, becoming fairly well off in the process.
However, since we tend to want our Presidents to be persons of accomplishments before they get the job and, as a general rule, accomplishment translates into wealth, it would be difficult, if not largely impossible to have a person get elected president who isn't well off.
About the only possible exception would be a career military person or, maybe a career politician. But I'm not sure either would be considered "middle class" or "blue collar".
