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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)

3. America is ready for Populism

Reply to demwing (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:43 AM

Jan 2015

3rd way "Dems" ask us whether America is ready for Economic Populism, but that question is a red herring. America has ALWAYS been populist, and populism is the foundation of the Bill of Rights. The real question is whether the Party Leadership can be made to embrace that populism, and if not, can they be made to get the hell outta the way?

That's it, right there.

The general public supports Populist policies
and...Populism has a left-leaning bias.

The corporate-dems must make the switch
or be marginalized by Populists.