the trouble is most americans don t agree with that protest. they may express discomfort with the welfare state, in theory. but in practice, they love social security, medicare, and the rest. secularization is a force that is sweeping almost-all advanced-industrial societies. and one government can do little to stop. and america s growing diversity is inevitable in a country built on immigration, and has proved mostly to be a strength, not a weakness. but republican politicians are, now, riding the back of a tiger. and they can t get off. reagan, gingrich, trump. all the icons on the right. whip their followers up into a froth of hiysteria and promise that they will repeal and reverse most of these terrible trends. but, of course, it never happens, which makes the republican base get more and more angry. and as their sense of betrayal grows, so does that their sense
presidency, newt gingrich. he went with the message of rage and resentment and betrayal and cultural war. we ll change their world, they ll do anything to stop us. gingrich bpioneered the figh club mentality that ll consume the gop. gingrich understood that his voters did not care about winning policy fights. what they cared about was fighting. mr. gingrich will whisper in your right ear and i will whisper in your left ear. boost paragraph newt gingrich were some powerful allies. the rise of fox news in the mid 1990s fed the sense of conservative grievance. a few broadcast takes any chances these days and most are politically correct. while we are going to be