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NEWS ABOUT: populism

populism stories: 14 news summaries
DAVID BROOKS

Unassuming Thune Could Be GOP's Future

Nice-guy populist eyed as 2012 contender

Nov 13, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The junior senator from South Dakota is starting to get a lot of attention from the less hysterical sections of the GOP as the party seeks to build on recent successes, writes David Brooks . John Thune never sounds like he's auditioning for a spot on talk radio, but instead puts... More »

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South Dakota • Republican Party • populism • David Brooks • John Thune • Election 2012

OPINION

 Obama Backlash 
 Isn't About Race 

The real, centuries-old conflict is between urban elites and small towners

Sep 18, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's a mistake to see the growing backlash against President Obama through the prism of race, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. The anti-Obama movement springs not from racism, but from the long American tradition of popular distrust of the urban elite, argues Brooks. He notes mostly white... More »

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protests • racism • populism • David Brooks • racial tension • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

OPINION

Obama Should Have Put Wall Street on Trial

But he didn't, and now GOP fat cats can somehow play populist

Sep 8, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - How can rich fat cats like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh pretend to be populists, while tarring Barack Obama as the establishment? Because Barack Obama missed his chance to strike a blow for the little guy and prosecute Wall Street, writes communications professor Jon Taplin. Instead, he listened to Wall... More »

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Barack Obama • Wall Street • Rush Limbaugh • Glenn Beck • populism • Larry Summers • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner • executive bonuses

OPINION


 Dems Must 
 Reconnect to 
 Populist Soul 

Democrats are afraid to say that government can do good: Frank

Aug 26, 09 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - To save health care reform, Democrats need to remember what the real issue is: making the government work for average people, writes Thomas Frank for the Wall Street Journal. Health care is the Democrats' signature issue because it is quintessentially populist—a leveling of the playing field in the name... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • New Deal • health care reform • populism • conservatives • bipartisan

OPINION

 Palin Channels Ahmadinejad 

Her self-presentation, politics, and biography are like his

Aug 3, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have their differences—but their images, politics, and even life stories show significant overlap, writes Juan Cole for Salon. Both are former governors of “frontier states,” both drum up support through “wounded nationalism,” and both battle foreign influence. “Above all,... More »

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Iran • media • Alaska • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • populism • populist • Sarah Palin • dissent • elitism • media elite

 Vandals Target Former 
 RBS Boss, Vow Further Action 

Goodwin target of public outrage over his pension

Mar 25, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - After the Edinburgh home of the former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland was vandalized last night, an unknown group is warning of further attacks on financial figures, the Scottish Daily Record reports. Sir Fred Goodwin has been the focus of controversy since he took early retirement—complete with... More »

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pensions • Royal Bank of Scotland • vandalism • Britain • populism • bailout • bankers • Fred Goodwin • financial crisis • RBS

analysis

In Bailout Fight, Team
Obama Fears Backlash

Prez could be seen as bank 'advocate,' sparking anger

Mar 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is getting more and more nervous about the possibility of a populist backlash, as anger toward the institutions at the heart of the financial crisis swells, the New York Times reports. That anger may be aimed at anyone linked to Wall Street—including the government that’s... More »

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populism • bailout • Obama administration • backlash • President Obama

OPINION

 Populist Outrage 
 Makes Perfect 
 Sense 

Pay system at the heart of this whole mess

Feb 4, 09 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - All it takes is $18.4 billion, and suddenly the mob is restless. Once, we were content to brush Wall Street’s gross inequities under the rug, but “we’re populists of a more fiery sort now,” writes Thomas Frank in the Wall Street Journal, “... More »

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executive compensation • populism • banking industry • financial crisis • economic disparity

The Real Father of the Modern Presidency

Not George or Abe, but Andy Jackson started today's political culture

Nov 2, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Most people probably remember Andrew Jackson as an Indian-fighter, if at all, but Abraham Lincoln looked to him for inspiration, and so should we, writes Jon Meacham in Newsweek. Jackson had a hand in making America what it is, for better and for worse—the legacy of this uneducated orphan... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • politics • Abraham Lincoln • populism • former presidents • Andrew Jackson

OPINION

Populism Killed the Republican Party

Anti-elite attitude personified by Palin drove away base

Oct 10, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-intellectual populism has reduced the Republicans to a resentful rump party, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. A movement that once prized good ideas began to rely on bashing the educated as a political tactic. “What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals slipped into a disdain... More »

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GOP • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • populism • David Brooks • conservatism • William F. Buckley Jr. • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Financial Flip Reveals Yet Another McCain

Hasty reprogramming turns candidate into pro-regulation populist

Sep 18, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain tried on yet another new personality Tuesday, ranting about “abuses on Wall Street” and promising to “put an end to the greed” with new regulations. Yes, he was suddenly an angry populist, not the guy who’d favored deregulation his entire career, Gail Collins observes in... More »

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John McCain • populism • McCain 2008 • economy

OPINION

Dear Yanks: Time to Snap Out of Oil Coma

Leave demagoguery, pandering behind, get real on energy policy

May 20, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Romancing the Saudis and railing against speculators won’t accomplish anything, Gerard Baker tells American pols in the Guardian: A second industrial revolution is driving oil prices up and there’s no turning back. Stop the populism— the "economically illiterate idea for a gas tax holiday," for instance—... More »

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Russia • Saudi Arabia • crude oil • populism

 'Dealer'-in-Chief?
 Bush Hits
 Game Show 

Prez's Deal or No Deal appearance latest in low-brow pol appearances

Apr 22, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Increasingly overshadowed by the presidential campaign, George W. Bush got a bit of exposure last night—on a TV game show. The commander-in-chief appeared via satellite on Deal or No Deal to root for a soldier back from Iraq who was gunning for a million dollars in a suitcase, reports... More »

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television • Deal or No Deal • game show • populism • George W. Bush • Howie Mandel

OPINION

Huckabee Exposes GOP Fault Line

Populist candidate prompts a Main Street
v. Wall Street split

Dec 21, 07 7:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The unexpected surge of populist Mike Huckabee has exposed a core Republican rift, separating the religious right from the financial conservatives, EJ Dionne writes in the New Republic. Hucksters tend to be socially conservative but they're  tired of seeing protection of the wealthy prioritized above family values, and they're not... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • Mike Huckabee • National Review • populism

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