Word: populistic
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...supporters have vowed to launch a revolution if she is denied the presidency ? but she has declined to get involved in the behind-closed-doors deal-making. "Even her own supporters complain privately of her reluctance to dirty her hands," says Hajari. In fact, it?s precisely Megawati?s populist inclination that has the country?s traditional elites ganging up to find a way to keep her out. One way may be to elect Abdurrahman Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, a Muslim cleric and former Megawati supporter backed by the Central Axis coalition of Islamic parties...
While Ventura first stole the spotlight as a populist icon, he was catapulted to greater prominence earlier this month when Patrick J. Buchanan threatened to quit the Republican Party and run for president on the Reform Party's presidential ticket...
...Clinton that pushed Speaker Hastert into his compromise effort. But Denny really can?t win either way. Give in, and it?s the leadership left holding the bag while Democrats declare victory. Push though the weaker bill, and Clinton and the Democrats blame the majority and ride the populist patients-rights sentiment all the way to the 2000 polls. Either way, expect somethingto be ready for the Senate?s consideration by the close of debate on Thursday. After the summer he?s had, the last thing Hastert can afford to do is nothing...
...Reform party is split between those who relish the taste of populist bile in their mouths and those who believe the party can one day gain the influence to help fix what is broken in American politics. The first half has hailed pundit-cum-politician Pat Buchanan with a lusty come-aboard; the latter group, led by grappler-turned-governor Jesse Ventura, has begun to throw candidates at the would-be GOP ship-jumper, in the hopes that someone else ? anyone else ? will carry the Reform flag toward higher political ground, and not downhill. Someone who will help keep...
...darling of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Party, ousted populist Chen Shiu-Bian of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in elections last December, as Taipei's voters showed they were in no mood to keep pushing for total independence from the mainland's communist government...