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Obama Speech: Convention Address Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election 2008
Open Left - Front Page — ... This is strong stuff - the kind of thing I was talking about when I wrote a newspaper column back in June entitled "Countering Race With Class." That column said the only way for Obama to counter the GOP's cultural populism is with a full-throated economic populist message. ...

David Sirota: Obama Speech: Convention Address Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election 2008
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... This is strong stuff - the kind of thing I was talking about when I wrote a newspaper column back in June entitled "Countering Race With Class." That column said the only way for Obama to counter the GOP's cultural populism is with a full-throated economic populist message. ...

Discussing McCain's Pro-Child Molestor Ad On MSNBC's New Rachel Maddow Show
Open Left - Front Page — ... On Rachel's show last night, we discussed how Obama can - and should - respond to this kind of cultural populism. I reiterated that, in general, he needs to do what I suggested in a newspaper column a few months back: namely, voice strong economic populist themes that keep the campaign debate focused on the issues of most import, and that Democrats win on. ...

David Sirota: Discussing McCain Pro-Child Molestor Ad On MSNBC's New Rachel Maddow Show
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... On Rachel's show last night, we discussed how Obama can - and should - respond to this kind of cultural populism. I reiterated that, in general, he needs to do what I suggested in a newspaper column a few months back: namely, voice strong economic populist themes that keep the campaign debate focused on the issues of most import, and that Democrats win on. ...

NAFTA and Iraq...NAFTA and Iraq...Repeat...
Open Left - Front Page — ... and newspaper column about how Obama can counter McCain's odious cultural populism bewailing sex education and screaming "Country First," and I think he can counter it with a strong brand of economic populism - a brand Obama has only fleetingly embraced. Issues like NAFTA and the war are issues McCain can't muddle like he has taxes or health care. Put another way, those two issues are the ones that draw the most clear, easy-to-understand contrast between the two candidates. ...

David Sirota: NAFTA and Iraq...NAFTA and Iraq...Repeat and Say It Louder...
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... and newspaper column about how Obama can counter McCain's odious cultural populism bewailing sex education and screaming "Country First," and I think he can counter it with a strong brand of economic populism - a brand Obama has only fleetingly embraced. Issues like NAFTA and the war are issues McCain can't muddle like he has taxes or health care. Put another way, those two issues are the ones that draw the most clear, easy-to-understand contrast between the two candidates. ...

Pre-Inauguration Obama Retrospective
Open Left - Front Page — ... - Countering Race With Class (Creators Syndicate, 6/20/08): As Republicans ramped up his cultural populism/racism, this column looked at how Obama could counter with an economic message (which he ended up doing quite effectively). ...