If the economy is down and voters are feeling glum Dems should follow the strategy the NYT says they are ... appealing to populist grievances about the rich.

See NYT, page 1: A New Populism Spurs Democrats on the Economy .

But if voters seem to be feeling ok about the economy then Dems shouldn't be going populist.

See NYT, Week in Review, p. 4: Somehow the Spending Doesn’t Stop.

If the story on page 4 is right then the story on page 1 spells trouble.