Briefly describe the populism movement

In us history, populism refers to a range of approaches which emphasis the role of "the people"  against "the elite".  Populism is a belief in the power of regular people, and in their right to have control over their government rather than a small group of political insiders or wealthy elite. They formed a political group back in the late 1800s primarily to represent farmers  interests and to advocate the silver coin and government regulation of monopolies.

the recent bombing of the uss cole is one of many incidents of terrorism directed against the united states. more than 40 percent of the world’s terrorism is directed against u.s. targets.   pursue the alleged perpetrators through the criminal justice system, and still others would beef up intelligence capabilities. to deal with potential attacks involving weapons of mass destruction, some analysts advocate extending the reach of law enforcement agencies or spending more on domestic preparedness programs; others would encourage a policy of u.s. military restraint overseas to attempt to reduce the motivation for terrorist attacks on u.s. targets.

he believed that congress would be better not dealing with "lobbyists", or people who seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue, since historically, they had problems with these kinds of people. he thought lobbying produces benefits, but should be carefully monitored.