Word: populists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hurriedly briefed on the plan in a crowded Holiday Inn suite in East Lansing, Michigan. Ronald Pollack, the executive director of Families U.S.A., a foundation that develops programs for the elderly, told Clinton that managed care was a secret weapon he could spring on Bush. Clinton could strike a populist chord by helping business lower costs, by providing Americans with cradle-to-grave coverage and by standing up to such special interests as doctors, drug companies and insurance firms. Best of all, the plan required no new taxes. Clinton loved it. As he heard the details, he punched...
Clinton's gonzo populist strategist/former Bush campaign aide and current CNBC talk-show host; relishing their odd-couple image...
...Catholic Church is, notably, not a democratic institution. It is resolutely impervious to populist demands. In spite of its autocratic handling of salient issues, it needs to change the nature of representation within the church...
...ingrained belief that a liberal agenda can only be used for a campaign--not for implementation--runs this presidency. Back in February, the media noticed that the administration conducted most of its business behind the scenes. However, as any Perot knows, a populist vision of jobs and sacrifice has to be projected loudly over the airwaves to gain support. The President can lobby the American people through television addresses and news conferences; not all his Congressional arm-twisting has to be direct...
Further, American symphonic culture is not some recent import but a populist movement whose roots stretch back to the mid-19th century: the New York Philharmonic, the nation's oldest, was founded the same year, 1842, as the Vienna Philharmonic. Many of the major U.S. ensembles are more than 100 years...