Obama Continues Populist Push  Obama continues push for payroll
tax cut extension, confirmation of consumer watchdog.   As
Democrats sense that they've got an edge in the message wars
over the economy, President Obama is looking to channel Theodore
Roosevelt with a populist speech in Kansas on Tuesday. Speaking
in Osawatomie, Kansas—where Roosevelt laid out his "New
Nationalism" platform more than 100 years ago—Obama is expected
to continue to push his message that the Republican Party is
representing the interests of the privileged few, and that the
party is standing in the way of economic progress.  [Whispers:
Obama's approval rating drops below Jimmy Carter's.]  "He'll lay
out the choice we face between a country in which too few do
well while too many struggle to get by, and one where we're all
in it together — where everyone engages in fair play, everyone
does their fair share, and everyone gets a fair shot," the White
House stated. The president is also expected to begin a push for
the confirmation of R