The imminent backlash, take two: The Resurgent Left.

[reACTIONary]

The resurgent progressives are battling a double standard. They are asking why it is that “populism” is a good thing when it’s invoked by the tea party against “liberal elites” but suddenly a bad thing when it describes efforts to raise the minimum wage and take other steps toward a fairer system of economic rewards.

And here’s why moderates should be cheering them on: When politicians can ignore the questions posed by the left and are pushed to focus almost exclusively on the right’s concerns about “big government” and its unquestioning faith in deregulated markets, the result is immoderate and ultimately impractical policy. To create a real center, you need a real left.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-the-resurgent-progressives/2014/01/01/3fc6c686-723c-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html

[msongs]

1. democratic party leadership would prefer we do not want "populist" stuff ok? nt

[socialist_n_TN]

3. Well they could always wind up with folks like me in charge.....

Take your pick, a left populist or a revolutionary socialist.

[Phlem]

2. just lost on people around here, I guarantee you.

-p

[cui bono]

4. That's presuming that elected officials want a real center.

They keep showing us that that is not the case.

[Scuba]

5. +1

[chainReACTION]

6. I used to be addicted to the hokey pokey

But I turned myself around.