Obama’s populist rhetoric returns

(By Ed Morrissey/Hot Air) - Ruth Marcus doesn’t exactly sound disappointed to hear Barack Obama shift back to the populist rhetoric he used during the Democratic primaries. She asked Obama about his sudden shift away from market-based objectives as he toured the states in which Hillary Clinton creamed him, and — tellingly — whether oil companies had any more moral guilt than other corporations. Obama’s answer, and his shifts, provide a clear picture of someone who adopts positions for political expediency rather than conviction...