Is Cain Socially Conservative Enough?

Today, the Susan B. Anthony list and National Organization for marriage released a joint scorecard for the Republican candidates for President at the annual Values Voters Summit. Ordinarily, a release like this carries few surprises, and in this election cycle so dominated by fiscal issues, a …

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Written by Mytheos Holt on Friday October 7, 2011

Huntsman's Chance

The continuing deflation of Rick Perry after yet another fumbling debate performance has opened the most unexpected chapter yet in the GOP 2012 race: Jon Huntsman's emerging challenge to Mitt Romney - from the right. Sound incredible? Take a look at the opening of Jon Huntsman's speech …

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Written by David Frum on Friday September 23, 2011

Reagan: The Biggest RINO

What would the Club for Growth say about Ronald Reagan? We know what they think about Rick Perry since they have  produced new Presidential White Papers on him. Their opinion: eh, not bad, but not great. Now, keep in mind, the Club for Growth is hard to please. We are talking about Rick Perry, …

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Written by Paul Talley on Wednesday August 24, 2011

Economists vs. Economic Commentators

Vince Reinhart is a former director of the monetary division of the Federal Reserve. Now he's a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He explains in this video that the debt problem is long term, not immediate; that tax increases have to be considered part of the policy mix; and …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday August 4, 2011

Log Cabin Republicans Finish Off Don't Ask Don't Tell

The Log Cabin Republicans have been successful in their lawsuit to fully end the practice of Don't Ask Don't Tell. When the US Congress voted to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell there was still the lingering possibility that the policy could be reinstated or the repeal would get reversed. That …

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Thursday July 7, 2011

I Was Wrong About Same-Sex Marriage

The case against same-sex marriage has been tested against reality. The case has not passed its test. As I discuss in my CNN column, New York's just-passed same-sex marriage law has been received with equanimity by the same conservatives who just a decade or so ago would have ardently opposed such …

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Written by David Frum on Monday June 27, 2011

Gingrich: Good Punditry, Bad Politics

Conservatives cannot recognize that non-conservatives do not share their disdain for President Obama. They are not impressed by the right's overblown criticisms. You know what? That sounds like an interesting speech that Newt Gingrich gave the Maryland Republican party last night. "No …

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Written by David Frum on Friday June 24, 2011

Conservative Media's Pay-To-Play Deals

We're not talking about commercials, separated from editorial content. Heritage Foundation work is embedded into the editorial flow of Limbaugh's show. Why are conservatives so ready to accept behaviors in their own media that they themselves would damn as outrageous if they occurred in non-conser…

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday June 15, 2011

Conservatives Scramble To Explain NY-26 Loss

Yesterday, the GOP lost an important race in NY-26. Conservatives are already offering excuses to minimize the importance of the loss. Yesterday the GOP lost an important race in NY-26 when Democrat Kathy Hochul defeated Republican Jane Corwin.  Conservatives are already offering excuses …

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Written by Tessa Berenson on Wednesday May 25, 2011

Calgary's Muslim Mayor Goes Green

It turns out Calgary's mayor is a Muslim revolutionary: revolutionary because he's trying to persuade the people of Canada's oil capital to ride public transit. My friend Chrystia Freeland at the International Herald Tribune has a profile up today of Calgary's new mayor. It turns out he is a …

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Written by David Frum on Friday April 1, 2011

Scorched Earth Conservatives

In a fiery debate , Frontpagemagazine.com editor David Horowitz accuses NewMajority's David Frum of "scorched-earth attacks on Glenn Beck." Frum replies: "It’s bad luck for you that we are having this discussion in the same week that Glenn Beck a) expressed his enthusiasm for a Hillary Clinton …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday September 24, 2009

Are the Birthers the Next Black Panthers?

Bruce Bartlett wonders if conservative elites today see the teabaggers, birthers and others as cannon fodder to promote larger conservative goals the same way liberal elites originally viewed extreme left groups in the 1960s. Bartlett's comparison is thought-provoking, but I think it fails for a …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday September 2, 2009

Being the Angry Party Will Keep GOP Out of Power

The way many conservatives see it, the way to win is not by emulating the no-drama strategy of the Obama campaign, but rather the hard-nosed, foul-mouthed Chicago tactics of Rahm Emanuel circa 2005 and 2006 . But this strategy will not work for the GOP. Bruce Bartlett, as always, is a fascinatin…

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Written by Thomas J. Marier on Monday August 31, 2009