LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Out-of-touch Congress

OPINION:

I am very disappointed with the Democratic Party and its candidates for the House and Senate, as well as its current members of the House and Senate. I think we sorely need more Bobby Kennedys, and there are few in sight.

We need candidates with charisma, warmth and compassion, people capable of relating to and identifying with everyday Americans who are suffering. Research shows that most Democrats in Congress are wealthy. They are not “everyday people” like me, my wife and most Times readers. Most of them will never have money worries like tens of millions of us do. They won’t ever have to be frightened like my wife is every time she hears that the Republicans in Congress want to cut our Social Security retirement benefits.

I just don’t see much of a burning desire on the part of the Democrats to want to help those of us who struggle with money worries.

STEWART B. EPSTEIN

Rochester, N.Y.