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Gary Hart & John Edwards: Two Self-Destructive Populists

“Gary Hart was the presumed Democratic presidential candidate in the spring of 1987 when the Miami Herald reported that rumors of his “womanizing” were true. The ensuing scandal over his extramarital affair with a woman named Donna Rice ended his … Continue reading

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Frank DiStefano: ‘William Jennings Bryan & His Amazing Populist Campaign’

Source:Frank DiStefano talking about populist Democrat William J. Bryan. Source:The New Democrat “In 1896, a thirty-six-year-old former Congressman named William Jennings Bryan walked into the Democratic National Convention and amazingly emerged the Democratic nominee for president. He proceeded to throw … Continue reading

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