Who ever thought theyd read stuff like this on the pages of the NYT? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-the-new-republican-populism.html?_r=1 quote: WHEN Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, he did so in an unusual way for a Democrat: As the candidate of the rich. He raised more in large-dollar donations than any of his rivals and raked in more cash from Wall Street than John McCain. In November, he won the upper classs votes: By 52 percent to 46 percent, according to exit polls, Americans making more than $200,000 cast their ballots for Obama. Republicans began to look for a different path back to power one tailored to the partys growing dependence on working-class votes, and one designed to deliver populist substance as well as style. reform conservatism libertarian populism These two approaches substantially overlap Its a bad sign when even the tribune of left-wing populism, Elizabeth Warren, feels obliged to defend, against libertarian populist attacks, an icon of crony capitalism like the Export-Import Bank. Taxcutter says: The Democrats changed but lie about it. The GOP is changing.
And, it's an op ed so it's fairly standard for the NYT. They would never, ever, have considered printing something like that from their editorial offices.
By the standards of the NYT, this article is a very accurate assessment of the situation. Hussein Obama was and is the darling of the 1%ers. The Tea Party despises him because he sold out to Wall Street.
