[titannet]

I would suggest that it is one form of politics becoming more and more professional. With help by professional staff politicians like Obama or Merkel have perfected the art of pleasing the majority most of the time while never taking any attackable position. One way to draw voters away from that is taking on "populist" positions. I have yet so see another way.

[HKH2]

Obama took many attackable positions, but he is neoliberal and so is most mainstream media.