Populism is won through exertion, not bestowed as a default. 

First, and fundamentally important, there is one central point about the Clintons and their campaigning that every major media outlet in this country has neglected to mention: The Clintons have nothing, absolutely nothing, to offer in terms of policy that could not be offered better and more convincingly by thousands of other Democrats from the level of county executive upward across the nation.

The implicit claim in the news media that the Clintons are somehow The Last of the Democrats, or even very strong small-d democrats, is explainable only ...   more »