Word: populists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Populism is the last refuge of a declining Democrat. As poll numbers decrease, populist rhetoric increases. After months of touting such eye- glazing proposals as the Pan American summit on drug trafficking, Michael Dukakis has finally, and reluctantly, decided to tap into the roiling pool of American class resentment. Presto -- Dukakis the class warrior, the suburban populist...
...trumpet in Euclid, Ohio, the Governor was mercifully drowned out by a professional band. But on Tuesday in Michigan, something started to click. At Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Dukakis clenched his fist, then opened his arms wide, palms uplifted, to welcome the crowd. He delivered a clear populist message: "George Bush cares about the people on Easy Street. I care about the people on Main Street. He's on their side. I'm on your side...
...many 'them vs. us' formulas as he can," says Democratic pollster Peter Hart. Amazingly, it has been the Republicans, led by preppy Bush, who have succeeded in painting Dukakis and his followers as a bunch of Harvard-Brookline liberal elitists. The Democrats' failure to capitalize on latent populist resentment, says a senior Bush campaign aide, "is the biggest surprise of the campaign. They just never figured...
...still win," says a G. O. P. pollster. But as Bush holds on to a commanding lead, the Duke needs a big break -- plus more of the populist passion he showed last week. -- Jesse Jackson is back on the stump for the Democrats -- and for himself. -- Nancy Reagan returns some designer dresses. -- Should the U. S. double the cigarette tax? A campaign Essay on health care...
...fresh morning on a farm in Idalou, in the flatlands of West Texas, with an ashy-silver half-plate moon in the blue sky, the rally crowd was being warmed up by Texas agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower, a charismatic populist with a talent for comic fulmination. Dan Quayle, said Hightower, is so dumb he "thinks Cheerios are doughnut seeds." And: "If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want the drilling rights on George Bush's head...