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Comeback by David Frum
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The conventional wisdom now has it that conservatism as an intellectual and political movement is in crisis, its ideas outdated and confused, and its elected officials unable to govern. President Bush’s unpopularity has given particular force to the last of these charges. Over the past year, a variety of polls have shown voters heavily favoring Democrats over Republicans. The public also expresses solid preferences for Democrats to handle almost every major policy issue, from taxes to terrorism.
To confront mounting Republican pessimism and challenge those who say that conservatism is exhausted, David Frum has written Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again. Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush and an influential conservative intellectual, aims to provide both “a new generation of ideas” and—as the book jacket tells us—“hope” for conservatives. Although the Bush administration may have led the Republican party to “the brink of disaster,” the future, he writes, hinges not on the deficiencies of one man’s leadership but on the ability to propose effective solutions to the problems besetting America. To revive the party and the movement, he sets out to redefine what they stand for.
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