Word: neopopulist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...earn the stature that now eludes them, the candidates will have to offer the voters themes and ideas rather than merely their personalities. Some are moving tentatively in that direction. Downplaying protectionism, Gephardt is now stressing neopopulist rhetoric that pits the heartland against the Eastern elites, symbolized by Archrival Dukakis. But for the moment, Biden is the Democrat in the spotlight, as he tries to demonstrate leadership in the battle against Bork. He can make his name as a defender of Democratic values, but he risks displaying an inappropriately intemperate style...
...supply-side tax cuts, Kemp believes his appeal within his party's right wing is strong enough to allow him to broaden his base. Instead of simply sounding the Reaganite creed of self-reliance, Kemp stresses that government has a role in caring for the needy. Kemp's neopopulist rhetoric sometimes sounds as if it were lifted from a Jesse Jackson sermon. At a party conference in Grand Rapids last month, for example, Kemp complained, "It's pretty tough to pull yourself up by the bootstraps when you have no boots to begin with...