David Frum's Blog, page 147

Defining the Key Priorities for the GOP

Our friend Fred Bauer writes:

That Election Was So Frum-Shrum

Forgive the awful pun.

It Gets Better

Read Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner on the astounding steps forward for marriage equality in Maryland, Washington, and Maine -- and the wise choice from Minnesotans not to add an amendment banning same-sex marriage to their state constitution.

The Fire This Time

Jonathan Chait outlined a month ago the president's plan for the term ahead: a debt crisis in reverse, only this time with the president holding the gun to congressional Republicans' heads. Time to plan now.

The Latino Vote in 2012

Starting today, you'll hear a lot of Republican leaders and consultants arguing that the GOP needs to rethink its stance on immigration. I heard my CNN colleague Alex Castellanos saying so last night; apparently Jeb Bush has a book to that effect publishing soon.

Why Romney Lost

I didn't do public predictions this year, but I fear I did see today coming. I've written a book to explain what went wrong - and to propose some ways forward. WHY ROMNEY LOST will release Friday as an e-book, with an excerpt also in the coming issue of Newsweek.

Electoral College Prediction Contest

To the best of my knowledge, I have six people who guessed the eventual total of 332 electoral votes for President Obama. If you're one of those six, get writing. I'll email you later today with instructions on how the guest blogging will proceed.

Where Did the Tea Party Go?

For two years, conservatives have been pointing to 2010 as the model to follow in every subsequent election. They overlooked one basic fact:

President Obama Wins a Second Term

Congratulations to Barack Obama, 44th president of all Americans, red and blue alike. It does not detract from his accomplishment to note that this victory was as much the product of Republican misjudgment as of his own team's efforts. Now begins the hard work of building a modern party of the center-right to champion enterprise and individualism for a changing America.

New Jersey Voters Stop Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

There's not really a great way to describe the back story of this doozy, so just read Miranda Frum's Huffington Post article on her dealings with the Rabbi.