Populist Vein Resurfaces in Protests

ea Party Patriots and like-minded brethren represent the latest resurfacing of a vein that has always been there and that simply goes below ground from time to time. This vein is populist and antiestablishment; it alternates between suspicion of government in general, and anger at the idea that government seems to be doing more to help fat cats or the other guy. In some fashion or another, it has been around since the time George Washington quelled the ... Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Sep. 15, 2009

Highly recommended and sobering read for any serious observer of the health care debate. Seib persuasively states that the Teabagger conservatives are a reincarnation of the Peroistas of the 90s, and that their concerns don't stem from ideology but more like a small set of shared demands. Really interesting piece; we see far too few like it.

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