More on the Empathy Gap in the Race for the White House

This article in Salon covering Michele Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention provides another take on the emapthy gap between the major US political Parties:

Republicans’ empathy gap

The Empathy Gap - Obama vs. Romney

Empathy, or the lack of it, is an important and perhaps crucial issue in the US Presidential campaign. Results of a CBS News poll released earlier this week shows that half of registered voters think that Mitt Romney does not understand their problems, reflecting an empathy gap with President Obama. See: CBS News Empathy Gap Poll

In an interview that appeared in the online magazine, Slate, noted British author Marin Amis predicts an Obama victory because he sees a “disastrous lack of empathy” in Mitt Romney. See: Slate interview with Martin Amis