Disclaimer: I'm white, middle class, and retired military.  The cars are paid for, the home mortgage balance sheet is right-side up, the credit card balance is paid off every month, the paycheck is good and stable, and there's a kid in college.  And you know what?  I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it, anymore.  To my surprise, Newt Gingrich is giving a way to voice that, on the National stage. Jay Cost, in a post in the Weekly Standard ("Newt Gingrich and the Politics of Frustration,"22 January), wrote about why he thinks South Carolina's Conservatives were startlingly responsive to Mr. Gingrich.  In essence, he thinks it is because somebody, somewhere, is finally sticking it to the elites.  "It's the economy, stupid" was a political catchphrase made popular during Mr. Clinton's presidential run in 1992.   Many have credited that catchphrase with putting a voice to popular discontent.  Twenty years later, it may be more anger than...(Read Full Post)