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Frank Herbert‘s science fiction Dune universe. A servant caste of the Bene Tleilax, Face Dancers are shapeshifters, and their name is derived from their ability to change their physical appearance at will. Of course in Romney’s case it’s an ability to...
Frum notes that Grover Norquist's CPAC speech was "charmingly blunt." Norquist would be begrudgingly satisfied with Mitt Romney as president; he would also accept a monkey, a plate of lasagna or a potted plant. The base may be making noise and trying to...
I still think of myself as a conservative ... And I think a lot of what I’ve been pursuing for the past five years is a politics intended to advance some very traditional conservative goals.
“We have entered an era in which politics increasingly revolves around the ugly question of who will bear how much pain,” Frum wrote. “Conservative constituencies already see themselves as aggrieved victims of American government: They are the people...
Romney’s downturn among indies is simply brutal: Head to head, Obama now leads Santorum by 10 points and Romney by eight, leading David Frum to wonder what’s left of Mitt’s “electability” argument to the base. Now you see why Santorum’s thinking about...
He was supposed to say that he was the "conservative" governor of Massachusetts; instead he extemporaneously proclaimed that he was "severely conservative." This tin-tongued, all-but-senseless phrase created a head-scratching moment that provoked...
But this is what I’ve also found: the conservative world in Washington has become very committed to a response to this economic crisis that is contractionary
Editor’s note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, was a special partner to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002. He is a author of 6 books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again.” Washington (CNN) — Mitt Romney finished a really bad...
He's a CNN contributor and a former special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002. Mitt Romney ended a very bad week with a pretty good weekend. Tuesday, Romney lost two caucuses and a nonbinding primary to Rick Santorum. Saturday,...
David J. Frum (born 1960) is a Canadian-born neoconservative journalist active in the both United States and Canadian political arenas. A former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush, he is also the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. His editorial columns have appeared in a variety of Canadian and American... Full Article
I still think of myself as a conservative ... And I think a lot of what I’ve been pursuing for the past five years is a politics intended to advance some very traditional conservative goals.
But this is what I’ve also found: the conservative world in Washington has become very committed to a response to this economic crisis that is contractionary
It’s something I worry about a lot ... And I may not be very successful at this. You have this question of when is it good to challenge mistaken ideas, and when do you try to guide mistaken ideas into better channels. And I fully concede I may not be doing it right. And it may be that that is a job ulti...
Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and high spending for the currently old, to be followed by who-knows-what and who-the-hell-cares
Republicans remember that this is a man who delivered them the great success of 1994. They admire his effectiveness of the stump, and unlike some of the previous temporary front runners, obviously he is someone who deeply knows what he's talking about. He understands the issues and he can express himsel...
But maybe this is the year where the normal rules don't apply, and maybe it won't matter. We'll see ... He has to win something, and if you don't win you have to put in a very strong showing.
The Newt Gingrich surge looks real. He was Speaker of the House, he's not a novelty candidate, and clearly the Romney people take him seriously
Gingrich comes to this contest with some negatives, and his personal life is only a small piece of it
You really do see a generational imprint on groups of people ... We came of age during the crisis, a failure of the statist model.
One of the issues that's taken for granted, for example, at alot of these Republican debates, is that one of the reasons that the recovery has been so slow from the crisis of 2008 and 09, is because, of course, the economy is burdened by taxes and regulation
In a crisis like this, you need a very strong and forceful president ... And I don't see Barack Obama as having been that president.
In a crisis like this, you need a very strong and forceful president ... And I don't see Barack Obama as having been that president.
