Word: populists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat elected in a populist campaign two years ago, argues that a single-payer system offers the only means for making health care available to all Americans without reducing consumer choice...
From the merely eccentric to the downright bizarre seems to be only half a step for Ross Perot. The populist billionaire last week came up with a new explanation for why he had abandoned his initial presidential campaign on July 16: he wanted to save his daughter Carolyn from a smear. Seems he got wind from three sources -- two unnamed, one a frequent promoter of conspiracy theories -- of a Republican plot to portray his daughter as a lesbian by circulating a doctored photograph, then to "disrupt" her Aug. 23 wedding by means unspecified. By Oct. 1, with Carolyn married, Perot...
...political system. Tethered by concerns about the national debt and energized by Perot's personal style and direct appeals, a broad range of people feel for the first time that they can effect change, the organizers say. And his ability to spark this feeling is what makes him a populist, they insist...
That a corporate giant who has influenced thehighest levels of government for 25 years hastouched a populist cord of individual politicalpower not pawed since the days of Huey Long seemsjust too incredible for many of these folks. Forthe detractors, Perot's decision to drop out andthen enter the race later changed everything...
...beginning, at least--in the spring,that is--there was a very visible populist elementto the Perot movement," Brinkley says. "Thatremains an element for the long-time supporters.But what's happening now has more to do with thedynamics of the campaign rather than anyparticular elements of Perot movement. [There are]increasing fears raised by the Bush campaign aboutvoting for Clinton, and there's a deep reluctanceto vote for Bush. [Perot] is convenient andattractive--largely because of the debates...