Real Solutions The contradictions of liberal populism
But I suspect that Reihan Salam is right about De Blasio when he describes the new mayor’s likely agenda as basically “Bloombergism with a Populist Mask,” and for much the same reason I suspect that even if Democrats nominate an Elizabeth Warren-Brian Schweitzer ticket in 2016 the goal of a more socially-democratic agenda, let alone something more left-wing still, will be more gestured at than actually pursued.
