Friends and enemies alike call him a brilliant salesman and politician with a sure populist touch.

Yeltsin's populist touch made him an instant success with Muscovites.

The truth is, he is popular because of his flaws, not to mention a well-honed populist touch.

General Powell, a soldier-statesman, is charming and has a populist touch.

Does it, as a few people believe, bring to the museum a populist touch of mass?

He even employed the sort of populist touches that would not be out of place in a race for Congress.

It was the kind of populist touch that led him to landslide victories in 1990 and 1995.

Mr. Edwards showed a populist touch, in speech and manner.

All have a populist touch, and all show promise.

Campaign officials say the train will provide a populist touch and serve to take the Democrats' campaign themes outside the convention hall.