The popularity of non-politicians Donald Trump,Carly Fiorina, and Ben Carson on the Right, or the non-establishment Bernie Sanders on the Left,has left many pundits predicting that this may be the "year of the political outsider." If it is, it will only be the most recent of many. Brooke explores the proud American tradition of politicians running as "outsiders"; the National Education organization's Erica Seifert describes the dueling "outsider" campaigns of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan; and the Washington Post's Paul Waldman discusses why, and as much as we might want a genuine "outsider," we're better off without.
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Source: wnyc.org