Toward the very top. combined with big increases in economic insecurity for the great majority. wolfe says the real puzzle is why this is a politically successful strategy. the republican party is pursuing an economic agenda afor the.1%, but needs to win the votes of the majority. berkeley political scientist, paul pearson, argues that trump entered office with a set of ideas and no real organization. thus his administration was ripe for takeover by the most ardent, organized party, the libertarian wing. nurtured and built up, this group of conservatives decided to ally with the trump administration to enact its long-standing agenda. so is it that the republican party is cleverly and successfully hood-winking its supporters, promising them populism and then enacting pluto