For months now, the race for the Republican presidential nomination has actually been split into two races.

In the one that gets talked about the most by the professional political press, the Republican race is all about Jeb Bush failing to take his enormous lead in money and organization and distance himself from his rivals. In this race, Marco Rubio looks like the candidate that the party will eventually rally around. Perhaps, Carly Fiorina or Ted Cruz will emerge as the conservative movement’s insurgent in this race. The big questions in this contest: Which candidate will be the greatest matchup against Hillary Clinton? Are they accomplished enough? Do they represent change? This is the politicians’ race.

You’ve also heard about the other Republican race, the populists’ race. You find it featured more on conservative talk radio, especially recently. On one side of this contest is Ben Carson, cast as the godly man of virtue who will save the character of this nation from galloping secularism and political corruption. His opponent, Donald Trump, is going to save America’s white working class from economic and cultural dispossession, defeating the pincer of badly negotiated globalization from above, and uncontrolled immigration from below.