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David Frum

Keep Going, Republicans! You're Doing Great!

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party, Michelle Malkin, Mark Halperin, Michele Bachmann, David Brooks, Political Parties, Blue Dogs, Erick Erickson, David Frum, Glenn Beck, Christopher Buckley, Republican Party, Chris Cillizza, Republicans, Politics News
Bob Cesca

If recent polling is any indication, people don't want to be associated with the party that elevates the self-satirical wackaloons. Especially when they refuse to be honest about who they are.

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David Frum: "Paranoid Delusions" Undermining GOP Argument

L.A. Times | Peter Wallsten | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Party Protest, Tea Party March on Washington, Tea Party Protests, Conservative Activism, Tea Party Washington, David Frum, Politics News

Amid a rebirth of conservative activism that could help Republicans win elections next year, some party insiders now fear that extreme rhetoric and co...

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CNN Debate on Van Jones: Obama Sells Us Out to Political Terrorist Glenn Beck & His Lynch Mob

David Sirota | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck, Van Jones, Van Jones Obama, Van Jones Fired, David Frum, Politics News
David Sirota

If we, as a movement, cannot stand up for a genuine progressive hero like Van Jones, then we will not be able to stand up for anything, much less major legislative initiatives.

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Sam Stein

Cheney In 2012? Some Key GOPers Aren't Kidding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, 2012 Election, John Mccain Cheney, Dick Cheney, Cheney 2012, Dick Cheney Torture, Cheney Election, Cheney Politics, Cheney National Security, Craig Shirley Cheney, Cheney Alex Castellanos, David Frum, Politics News

At first, it seemed like a joke. Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto opined on Monday that -- if the 2012 election were to turn to national se...

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Paul Krugman: We Are In Economic "Purgatory" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Video, Robert Reich Video, Robert Reich, George Stephanopoulos, George Will, Economy, This Week, Krugman Video, David Frum, Paul Krugman, Abc, Business News

Despite Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's upbeat comments Friday that the U.S. economy is on the cusp of recovery, economists Paul Krugman and R...

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The Gorilla Dust of Health Care

Michael Winship | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Betsy Mccaughey, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, David Frum, Chuck Grassley, Newt Gingrich, Bruce Bartlett, Town Hall Meetings, Sarah Palin, Health Care, Politics News
Michael Winship

What's interesting about the health care hullabaloo is that there appears to be an emerging backlash from some of the more reasoned thinkers of the conservative movement.

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David Frum And Ann Coulter Get Into Spat Over Sarah Palin (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Frum, Early Show, Video, Ann Coulter, Bay Buchanan, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Sarah Palin's days as Alaska governor are nearly over, but that doesn't mean the debate over her place in the Republican Party and her merits as a pol...

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Punching the Tar Baby

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Mark Levin, Right Wing Media, Congress, Audra Shay, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Jeff Sessions, Right Wing, Hispanics, Democrats, Democratic Party, Uncle Remus, David Brooks, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, David Frum, Racism, Hate Speech, Black, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Republicans, Politics News
Larry Gellman

From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.

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Call Me a Bleeding Heart Conservative

Norman Lear | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Born Again American, Conservatives, Byron York, David Frum, Politics News
Norman Lear

Yesterday, a blogger accused "Born Again American" of being liberal, saying "the song is a dead fish hidden within a chocolate cake." I've seen withering comments before, but how withering can you get?

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Mark Levin Berates Caller: "I Don't Know Why Your Husband Doesn't Put A Gun To His Temple"

New Majority | David Frum | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

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Conor Friedersdorf at the American Scene transcribes the following exchange from Mark Levin's radio program yesterday afternoon: CALLER: I just w...

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David Frum Slams Donald Rumsfeld: "The Reckoning"

New Majority | David Frum | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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Robert Draper's GQ account of fingerpointing by former Bush officials against Donald Rumsfeld is the media story of the week. Yet a quick tour of the ...

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Who Do You Despise More, Dick or Liz?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meghan McCain, Conservatives, Liz Cheney, National Security, David Brooks, David Frum, CIA Torture, Neoconservatives, Cheney Torture, Liz Cheney Dick Cheney, Obama National Security, Obama Torture, Republican Party, Torture, Republicans, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

The Cheneys are seeking to lay the groundwork for a "Who Lost America?" debate should there be another terrorist attack during the Obama presidency.

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Sam Stein

Limbaugh To Specter: Take McCain And His Daughter With You

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Specter, Arlen Specter, Limbaugh, Specter Democrat, Michael Steele, Specter Steele, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh Republicans, David Frum, Politics News

Reaction from top GOP officials to the defection of Sen. Arlen Specter has been decidedly mixed. The less orthodox are interpreting the news as a vali...

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The Left isn't Leaving Obama -- Yet

Rupert Russell | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Think Tanks, Left Wing, Robert Reich, Conservatives, Interest-Groups, Rachel Maddow, Michael Moore, Card-Check, Paul Krugman, Intellectual, Unions, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington, David Frum, Obama's Economic Team, Politics News
Rupert Russell

Pundits have criticized last week's announcements on the new bank bailout and Afghanistan. Yet, a crack up of the Democratic coalition or fracturing of the progressive movement it is not.

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Arianna Discusses Obama's Afghanistan Policy, Bank Bailout On "Larry King"

Huff TV | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Frum, Larry King, Garry Shandling, Arianna Huffington, Afghanistan, Politics News
Huff TV

Arianna appeared on "Larry King Live" Friday night, which was being guest hosted by Tavis Smiley, where she discussed Obama's Afghanistan policy, the ...

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Sam Stein

Frum: Attacks On Steele Make Me "Sick"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

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Conservative David Frum said he was sickened by the attacks on Michael Steele for saying abortion was an 'individual' choice. During an appearance on...

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I Hope Rush Limbaugh Fails

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: York Times Columnist, Debate, Children, Politics, Media, Obama, Stereotype, Rush Limbaugh, Republican, Newsweek Poll, Baseball, Conservative, David Brooks, Party, Bush Speechwriter, Little League Baseball, Republicans, Conservatives, David Frum, Rassmussen Poll, Gop, Rush Limbaugh Republicans, Limbaugh Head of GOP, Limbaugh Obama, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Republican Party, Media News
Jim Wallis

The president shouldn't waste his valuable time in debating Rush Limbaugh. But I would like to make that offer. Hey Rush, I'll debate you.

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David Frum: Self-Employed Turning Liberal Over Health Care Costs

New Majority | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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A fascinating article in Manhattan Institute's City Journal reports an amazing statistic: in 2006, New York City was home to 807,750 self-employed wor...

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GOP Political Darwinism: Who's Adapting and Who's Going Extinct?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eric Cantor, Dick Cheney, Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Bill Kristol, George Will, David Brooks, Gop, David Frum, Social Darwinism, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Karl Rove, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, Andrew Sullivan, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jeb Bush, Dennis Hastert, Susan Collins, Jon Huntsman, Charles Darwin, Sarah Palin, Neoconservatives, Tim Pawlenty, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

David Brooks is one of the few conservative voices who have shown to be a lot more right than wrong over the past few years when it comes to the ever-shifting dynamics in American politics.

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David Frum: Why Rush Limbaugh Is Wrong

Newsweek | David Frum | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

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The party of Buckley and Reagan is now bereft and dominated by the politics of Limbaugh. A conservative's lament....

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 3, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Ross Douthat, David Frum, Politics News

Just to button up this rather Limbaugh heavy day, we'll turn to David Frum and Ross Douthat, who both, amid the ongoing "battle for the soul/future/se...

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Jason Linkins

GOP 'Salt Marsh Mouse' Stimulus Strategy Assailed By Conservatives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Frum, Economic Stimulus Package, Ross Douthat, Politics News

We're facing more regulation of everything from high finance to the ordinary workplace. The Democrats are expanding Medicaid to crowd out private insurance. And we're talking about mice?

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David Frum: GOP Leaders "Cocoon Themselves, Reward Yesmanship"

New Majority | David Frum | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

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Our party has been crippled by an all-pervading assumption at the center that if you just don't talk about bad news, it will go away: whether it's an ...

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Increasing Agreement on Carbon Taxes -- Goodbye 2008 Conventional Wisdom

Dan Rosenblum | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Obama Energy Policy, Thomas Friedman, Foreign Oil, Cap and Trade, Wto, Automakers Bailout, Charles Krauthammer, The New York Times Op-Ed, Gas Tax, Bob Inglis, Obama Administration Environmental Policy, Environmentalism, Obama Gas Tax, Arthur Laffer, Barack Obama, Republicans Gas Tax, Wall Stree Journal Op-Ed, Carbon Tax, David Frum, Congress Gas Tax, Detroit Bailout, Green News
Dan Rosenblum

This convergence of opinion from Left and Right signals an extraordinary opportunity to obtain bipartisan support for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

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"Frightened" David Frum Quits National Review

NY Times | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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In a span of 252 days, the National Review lost two Buckleys -- one to death, another to resignation -- and an election. ... Now David Frum, a promin...

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