Populist Rage? Eh ...

Rex W. Huppke: Over the airwaves and in print, Americans are being told repeatedly that the stumbling economy has transformed the country into a simmering pot of "populist rage."

Frank Rich at the New York Times posited that "unchecked populist rage" could overrun President Obama's agenda.

Fareed Zakaria on CNN asked, "So, the populist rage against these million-dollar bonuses and the companies that give them--has it all gone too far?" And "Hardball" host Chris Matthews recently went to a commercial with this tease: "Up next, how should Democrats and Republicans harness this populist rage?"

One would think that heads have actually rolled, that the foreclosed-upon and suddenly 401k-less masses are marching up Wall Street, ready to rip out their pound of flesh.