“The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as re…” — Jim Hightower

Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own economic and political destinies. This approach distinguishes the movement from classic liberalism, which seeks to live in harmony with concentrated corporate power by trying to regulate excesses.

Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.