Episode 35 - October 9, 2010

Episode 35 - October 9, 2010 Left / Right Populism: Part VI

Can principled people on the left and right clean up our democratic institutions?
  • Case-study from Electoral Politics: David Sirota on Tea-party-backed candidate for US Senate in Colorado, Ken Buck.
  • Shared Left/Right Populist Anger: CNN interview with David Sirota explains Bush & Obama failure on Financial Bailout.
  • MUSIC:  Ryan Harvey, "It's Not Just Bush"
  • Historical Context of Tea Party:  We've seen this before in past decades.  Kevin Drum exposes how the Tea Party follows the same broad contours of past right-wing spasms during Democratic Party presidencies. 
  • Prosecute Bush: An example of a "nation of laws," Iceland is holding its leaders accountable for financial meltdown.

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