This sort of thing could yet make the difference in a race so close that it is, in effect, a tie.Mr Wellstone also demonstrates how an old-fashioned populist can still compete in George Bush's America: by turning left-wing politics into a metaphor for a buck-the-system appeal to independents.
Mr. Zelaya — a rich businessman turned left-wing populist and a close ally of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez — has few fans in Washington.
Glenda Jackson, the Oscar-winning actress turned left-wing Labour Member of Parliament, summarized the case last week in a Guardian op-ed: "Some people are still trying to redefine the election result as a triumph.
Foremost among the first kind is Kenneth Widmerpool, an opportunistic businessman turned left-wing politician, and it was Powell's subtlest touch of wit to make the villain of "Dance" a grotesque figure of fun.
The potential for shock, revelation and self-immolation are all high: the cast includes not only Mr. Cuomo, the attorney general, and Mr. Paladino, a Buffalo real estate developer, but also a convicted former madam, a Black Panther turned left-wing city councilman, and a self-described actor, rent activist, karate expert and private investigator.
If BLM turns off the left wing of the Democratic Party, who will its allies be?
Another flyer says, "If blood must be spilled, so be it, we will not stand by and allow our homeland to be turned into a left wing sewer of third world mongrels!" As "Janet Quadrant" (unsurprisingly, not her real name), a spokesperson for the AFN told me, "To put it bluntly, there's no point of discussion away from explicit racism".
People in Drama, in the north-east of Greece, have felt the tragedy of the economic crisis and are gradually turning towards left-wing Syriza ahead of Sunday's elections.
He had a chance to do the same tonight with four seconds left in regulation, getting the ball on the left wing, turning and firing an off-balanced 15-footer.
Nor will it turn to left-wing populists.
