Anyone here? These things were taking place under the Democratic administration of Barack Obama. The failure of the wealth to trickle down was directly attributable to policy choices made by Obama and his Democratic predecessor, Bill Clinton, both of whom would be apotheosized in the days that followed. In short, Democratic aspirants would have trouble enunciating an attractive economic message in 2016 because it was immediately contradicted by the deeds or failures of an actual existing Democratic administration. That left them to try to make the sale to voters on righteousness alone.
