02954cam a2200529 i 4500 551401385 TxAuBib 20220321120000.0 220317s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020301966 9780593135174 paperback 0593135172 paperback TxAuBib rda Seib, Gerald F., 1956- We should have seen it coming : from Reagan to Trump--a front-row seat to a political revolution / Gerald F. Seib. Reagan to Trump--a front-row seat to a political revolution. Random House trade paperback edition. New York : Random House, [2021] ©2021. xxv, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "With a new introduction covering the 2020 election and the future of the GOP" -- back cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-260) and index. The rise of the Reagan revolution -- Storming the gates -- Growing roots -- The Gipper -- Turning over the reins -- Newt steps in -- The best of times, the worst of times -- Conservatives ride again -- The high price of terror -- Into the wilderness -- The Tea Party erupts -- Trump storms in -- Shock waves -- What just happened? -- What now? In 1980, President-Elect Ronald Reagan ushered in conservatism as the most powerful political force in America. His efforts to reshape the government with tax cuts, deregulation, increased military spending, and a more conservative social policy faltered at first. But the economy roared back, and the Reagan revolution was on. Seib shows how this conservative movement came to dominate national politics, then began to evolve into the populist movement that Donald Trump rode to power. He shows how a populist revolution was brewing-- and became a precursor of the Trump takeover. -- adapted from jacket. 20220321. Since 1981. Conservatives United States. Conservatism United States History. Conservatism. Democracy United States History. Democracy. UNITED STATES Politics and government 1981-1989. UNITED STATES Politics and government. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. Conservatism. Conservatives. Democracy. Politics and government. United States Politics and government 1989- United States. History.