Right-wing populist parties? Was there ever a happy ending?

The current Republican Party can be described as right wing populist, can it not? I don’t know why, but I have some sort of a blind faith in the Republican Party. I just have a feeling that they’re doing the right thing for our country, that they govern from a source of deep-seated wisdom that superficially looks stupid and irrational. I can’t prove it very easily but I’ll try if you insist. =)