With three weeks to go before the election the subtle and no so subtle racism at McCain-Palin rallies is finally being criticized. Civil rights icon John Lewis recently drew a parallel to the days of George Wallace: Is McCain "sowing the seeds of hatred and division"? And is the anger fueled by economic crisis and anxiety misdirected by the McCain/Palin brand of what Newsweek has called "mindless populism"?

STEVE COBBLE, Former Political Director of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition and blogger and teacher BRIAN JONES discuss the tenuous populism upon which the McCain campaign rests.

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