Who Are These People

While watching the Nightly News this evening both John McCain and Barack Obama made reference to "The American People".

I know by definition who the American People are, but do the politicians. This term has been used for years. But, it makes me wonder how politicians at the national level really perceive this group called "The American People".

Do these high level politicos really know about the problems of the rest of us and what we have to deal with every day? Or are we just the taxpayers who have to be tolerated every four years when all the pol wants is a vote?

My guess is when someone at the national level uses the term "The American People" it is a reference to an undefined faceless inanimate object. Perhaps the candidates should really be thinking about "The American People" as 300 million living breathing human being with real and diverse problems, wants and needs.