Pity the Billionaire - Video of Chris Hayes' interview with the author Thomas Frank

[Cowpunk]

2. Why did the right succeed in capitalizing on populist anger over the bailouts?

Because for 1 1/2 years after the financial crisis, these geniuses of the "professional left" failed to produce any kind of coherent narrative regarding what happened in the crisis and who was to blame. Most of them still can't explain it with any kind of clarity. The right wingers had their story, the same story, out there literally everywhere within a couple weeks.

Update edit: I meant this to be a reply to the OP, not the post above it.