Celebrity Worship Culture

Donald Trump may bring new voters into the Republican primaries. These voters will be the kind of people who watch a lot of so-called "reality TV". They will know all about the Kardashian family but will have no idea who Janet Yellen is. The GOP has always tried to bill itself as a "big tent" party. It may now expand because of interest in Trump at a rate not seen since "Reagan Democrats" destroyed Jimmy Carter. Unlike those times, when Ronald Reagan grew the party with conservative ideas and natural optimism, Donald Trump will attract mean-spirited nativists and pop-culture-obsessed morons. Ronald Reagan strove to uphold the American ideal while Donald Trump seems to be a self-aggrandizing showman.