Who's more "out of touch"?

[Gustaf]

I think the correct answer to this is "the Atlas virgins"

And I mean that as a double entendre.

[Gustaf]

What does out of touch mean here? We're all formed by our specific backgrounds and may have trouble relating to those from other walks of life.

So do we mean in touch with the poorest people or with the average American? Or, gasp, with the people of the world?

Anyway, it seems to me that Romney clearly has a richer background. However, first of all I'm not sure how much your fortune matters for being out of touch, once above a certain threshold. Secondly, being rich does not automatically determine being out of touch.

To use examples from my own life - I grew up in the suburbs and my parents are reasonably well-off. But my dad grew up in a poor family and was rather poor until he turned 30 or so, which means that I'm a bit more aware of what that entails. My mother comes from a rich family and she sometimes is a bit out of touch due to that. Then again, a couple of her cousins are HILARIOUSLY out of touch. Like, on a whole other level.

I guess, at the end of the day, class background should matter less here than simply observing them here and now. And then Romney certainly seems to be so out of touch that it's hard to believe.