Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own economic and political destinies. This approach distinguishes the movement from classic liberalism, which seeks to live in harmony with concentrated corporate power by trying to regulate excesses.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

The corporation cannot be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit.

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.

Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.