Cross-posted at Attytood.
As I prepare to cover this weekend's Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin rally in D.C.and for the official launch of my book The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama, I've published an op-ed piece at CNN.com about a major element of the Glenn Beck phenomenon that often gets overlooked -- but it is critical to both his popularity and his success in altering America's political discourse for the worse.