Comments on: So Many Jacksonian Moments, So Few Jacksonians http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/12/22/so-many-jacksonian-moments-so-few-jacksonians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-many-jacksonian-moments-so-few-jacksonians n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gsmart http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/12/22/so-many-jacksonian-moments-so-few-jacksonians/comment-page-1/#comment-34807 gsmart Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:13:43 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10434#comment-34807 Good post. The Republicans, Palin in particular, do cultural populism well; economic populism is indeed beyond them. Anyone who thinks a President Palin would challenge the entrenched financial interests is simply dreaming. Good post. The Republicans, Palin in particular, do cultural populism well; economic populism is indeed beyond them. Anyone who thinks a President Palin would challenge the entrenched financial interests is simply dreaming.

]]> By: Carey http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/12/22/so-many-jacksonian-moments-so-few-jacksonians/comment-page-1/#comment-34671 Carey Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:12:43 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10434#comment-34671 "...the GOP is simply not built as a vehicle for seriously challenging entrenched and highly concentrated economic interests." Well said. Sadly, though, neither is the Democratic Party, and those who would challenge such interests don't have any plausible avenues for doing so. Except perhaps for blogging. Though it probably won't change much, it makes me feel a whole lot better. “…the GOP is simply not built as a vehicle for seriously challenging entrenched and highly concentrated economic interests.”

Well said. Sadly, though, neither is the Democratic Party, and those who would challenge such interests don’t have any plausible avenues for doing so.

Except perhaps for blogging. Though it probably won’t change much, it makes me feel a whole lot better.

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