Populists set up camp in House.(PLUGGED IN - POLITICS)

The Washington Times | February 17, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Populist - Attuned to the need of the people; now used with a connotation of old-fashioned radicalism; a liberalism deeply rooted in U.S. history.

-William Safire, Safire's Political Dictionary, fifth edition, 2008.

Populism is alive and well in the People's House.

A group of nearly two dozen House Democrats last week revived the party's moribund Populist Caucus, vowing to push aggressively for a broad middle-class agenda of good jobs, tougher corporate regulation, progressive tax cuts, ...

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