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Why We Need Steele

Having won a contested fight for RNC chairman, Michael Steele has almost immediately come under fire. He has not yet solved the party's financial difficulties or restored order to a malfunctioning RNC. And it's been two whole weeks! But here's one thing he has done: He has presented a warm and …

Written by David Frum on Sunday March 8, 2009

Poll: Half Of Democrats Say Going To War In Afghanistan After 9/11 Was "wrong Thing" To Do

29. Do you think going to war in Afghanistan was the right thing for the United States to do or the wrong thing? Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk His Right thing 58% 78% 42% 61% 68% 49% 62% 34% 40% Wrong thing 36 …

Written by Alex Knepper on Sunday March 8, 2009

Living Large In D. C.

Back during the boom years, people who worked in government used to joke about the comparatively low pay. Now a government salary suddenly has all the appeal of a stack of cash money. "I'm heading down to Washington," said the sad-faced New York economist. "You know: the financial capital of the …

Written by David Frum on Saturday March 7, 2009

How The Dems Use Rush

Listen to this new labor radio ad, here , which uses Rush's voice to attack Republican members of Congress.

Written by David Frum on Saturday March 7, 2009

Stop Shouting At Me!

I asked span> a few days ago

Written by David Frum on Saturday March 7, 2009

Kids These Days

Much has been made of the overwhelming support Barack Obama received from our wayward youth. One of the key insights of Frum Forum is that demographically the GOP’s go-to guys are far older and less numerous than previously. Nonetheless, there is hope that the future is not especially bleak …

Written by John Vecchione on Saturday March 7, 2009

Man Bites Dog, Washington Post Endorses Republican

I wrote several weeks ago about the GOP's disappointingly close result in the election for the chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Now, some good news in the race to replace Sharon Bulova, who won that election. The Washington Post today endorsed John Cook , the Republican …

Written by John S. Gardner on Saturday March 7, 2009

There's Hope for Virginia Republicans -- If They Can Remember What Their Real Issues Are

Both the Washington Post and the Washington Times are reporting today that over 75% of the members of the Virginia Republican State Central Committee have asked Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick to resign. Otherwise, he may face removal at a committee meeting on …

Written by John S. Gardner on Friday March 6, 2009

Where Have All The Great Bankers Gone?

Some kids grow up watching the Yankees and the Mets. I grew up in a small Illinois town watching Wriston’s Citibank and David Rockefeller’s Chase Manhattan. I was a geeky kid, to be sure, but, in the 1970s, Citi and Chase and their respective leaders represented everything that was …

Written by William Walters on Friday March 6, 2009

States Broke The Insurance Regulatory System

About six months after the U.S. government first injected taxpayer money into AIG , the company continues to teeter on the brink of bankruptcy and soak up taxpayer cash. Given what remains the official storyÑthat AIG is a mostly-profitable corporate powerhouse that got caught up in …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Friday March 6, 2009

Have There Ever Been This Many Conservatives At Once On Npr?

For those who missed it - here is a link to my conversation with David Keene, Byron York and Richard Viguerie on The Diane Rehm Show today. No shouting this time.

Written by David Frum on Thursday March 5, 2009

Cutting The Mike On Critics

On Tuesday evening, the radio host Mark Levin opened his show with an angry shouted 10-minute monologue in which he called me (among other choice terms) a “putz,” an “a-hole,”a “frat boy,” “irrelevant,” and - ouch! - “this Canadian.” I …

Written by David Frum on Thursday March 5, 2009

Republicans Must Do More Than Say "no"

The Obama strategy appears to be a blitzkrieg of policy proposals to swamp a weakened and beleaguered Republican party. This places a premium on uniting around key principles and messages to survive the onslaught. So far, they have been handed three easy opportunities, and the good news is they …

Written by Douglas Holtz-Eakin on Thursday March 5, 2009

The Limbaugh Schism

As ardently as his fans adore him, Rush Limbaugh is one of the less popular figures in American public life. For conservatives, the news of the week was Rush Limbaugh’s speech to the annual CPAC conference in Washington DC. The speech achieved all and more that Rush could have hoped: It …

Written by David Frum on Thursday March 5, 2009

Assault Weapons Are Scary Politically -- But Not In Fact

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was thinking about bringing back the "assault weapons" ban? The one that cost Al Gore his home state of Tennessee in 2000? When Democrats have figured out that gun control is so unpopular that Nancy Pelosi’s first reaction is the NRA-like “enforce the …

Written by J. Moses Browning on Thursday March 5, 2009

Forgetting Saddam's Victims

Last week, a delegation from the German Bundestag paid a visit to Erbil in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq . The visit came one week after German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened a German consulate in Erbil . The parliamentary delegation was headed by the …

Written by Falah Muradkhin Shakaram on Thursday March 5, 2009

Seizing The Environmental High Ground

The Republican Party has a lengthy record of environmental accomplishments, which stretch back to Abraham Lincoln’s protection of Yosemite Valley in 1864 and include Theodore Roosevelt’s forest and wildlife conservation, Richard Nixon’s creation of the EPA, and Ronald …

Written by David Jenkins on Wednesday March 4, 2009

A Drive Through Kabul

Benjamin Collins served three tours in Afghanistan rising to the rank of Captain with US Special Forces. He has since left the army to launch a new business. The first part of his new series can be read here . I set the alarm for 3:30 am. 30 minutes to shower, put on the uniform that …

Written by Benjamin Collins on Wednesday March 4, 2009

The Cringe Of Recognition

My friends and former NRO colleagues Rich Lowry, Kathryn Lopez, and Andy McCarthy have some scolding words for my comments below about Rush Limbaugh’s speech at CPAC. McCarthy : What takes my breath away, though, is David Frum's span> rant

Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 3, 2009

For The Record

I spoke to Jim Geraghty on the Hugh Hewitt show tonight. At the beginning of one segment, Jim mentioned receiving a lot of email claiming that I had voted for Barack Obama in 2008. I don't know how interested anybody is in my personal voting history, but for what it is worth, here it is: I …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 3, 2009