fear of death, intolerance of ambiguity, need for closure, lower cognitive complexity, and a sense of threat." - Conclusions of an article in the May, 2003 issue of Psychological Bulletin by Arie W. Krugianski and John T. Jost. Ann Coulter and George Will have (rather predictably) gone suitably ballistic. More here.
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