Word: populists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...High Places. The two approaches to the nomination were rooted in the history of U.S. politics: Johnson's in the theory of the Founding Fathers that a leader is chosen by his peers (the Electoral College picked the President; state legislatures chose U.S. Senators); Kennedy's in the populist theory of direct primaries (now augmented by the help of direct and almost instantaneous communications). The two approaches were also rooted in the radically different characters and careers of Kennedy and Johnson. They are sometimes thought to represent the liberal and conservative wings of their party, but allowing for the differences...
...have been growing at a rate of 4.5% (or 5% or 6%). Humphrey and Johnson have hit the "growth" issue hardest. "Tight money," cries Johnson in a scrambled metaphor, "can only mean a tight grip of stagnation about the windpipe of our future." Humphrey, playing on an old Populist dislike of bankers, claims that the Administration's tight-money policy, by pushing up interest rates, is "a benefit for the big banks...