Read more populism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19322/populism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73966/unassuming-thune-could-be-gops-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/73966/unassuming-thune-could-be-gops-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 8:06:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69699/obama-backlash-isnt-about-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt'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...http://www.newser.com/story/69699/obama-backlash-isnt-about-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 1:25:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68825/obama-should-have-put-wall-street-on-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHow 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...http://www.newser.com/story/68825/obama-should-have-put-wall-street-on-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 8:22:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67782/dems-must-reconnect-to-populist-soul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo 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...http://www.newser.com/story/67782/dems-must-reconnect-to-populist-soul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 2:07:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65965/palin-channels-ahmadinejad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah 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,” however, “both are populists who...http://www.newser.com/story/65965/palin-channels-ahmadinejad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 9:13:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54352/vandals-target-former-rbs-boss-vow-further-action.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 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...http://www.newser.com/story/54352/vandals-target-former-rbs-boss-vow-further-action.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 13:10:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53450/in-bailout-fight-team-obama-fears-backlash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 bailing...http://www.newser.com/story/53450/in-bailout-fight-team-obama-fears-backlash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 8:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49865/populist-outrage-makes-perfect-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll 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, “the old bromides no longer palliate.” And...http://www.newser.com/story/49865/populist-outrage-makes-perfect-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 11:44:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41555/the-real-father-of-the-modern-presidency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost 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...http://www.newser.com/story/41555/the-real-father-of-the-modern-presidency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Nov 2008 16:54:00 CST