Lots of people on television seem to be calling McCain-Palin "populists" all of a sudden. Wow, this is not a term that I have seen used much in my lifetime. (60 years) This is something I studied in history regarding the beginning on the last century - "the elites" vs. "the people" - trade unions - railroad barons..... Big business, little people... , Hooverism vs. New Deal....
Now it is field dressing a moose? Now it is spouse that is a fisherman? Now it is a car pool, hockey mom ---- vs. the ____________________(fill in the blank).
The devil's own spawn, said - "She's a populist," Karl Rove on Fox TV.
Some talking head on CBS said she was a "populist" --
I might like someone -- my neighbor might like someone -- we might decide we both like someone for the same reason, we talk around and everyone seems facinated by the same person........ That does not mean that that person is a populist, it might mean that she is popular or even a curiosity.... but it does not mean she is a populist.