Neo-Jacksonians
I’ll probably have more thoughts on this later, but for now, just wanted to link to today’s Michael Lind piece. It’s a good work overall, but I would point out the only political figure I know of who self-describes as a Jacksonian populist is Jim Webb, not a 21st century Republican. Whether or not Webb is the exception that proves the rule is debatable. Like I said, more on this later, particularly the role of demographics in Lind’s piece…