Goodbye to the Reagan Democrats

A new Gallup poll on the ideological and partisan makeup of the American electorate shows that white conservative Republicans make up 23% of the population and white conservative Democrats another 6%. If that is correct, things do not look promising for advocates of an all-conservative electoral …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday September 2, 2009

Limbaugh: No Retraction on Nazi Comment

The American voter dislikes and punishes intemperate talk. When Rush Limbaugh calls President Obama a Nazi, that does not hurt Obama. It hurts every Republican who by remaining silent, seems to assent. On "Meet the Press" this weekend, David Brooks used the word "insane" to characterize Rush …

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Written by David Frum on Monday August 10, 2009