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The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] By the way, a propos the post below, I would caution our pal David Frum to ease up on this kind of analysis : The Palin choice will intensify GOP support among downscale white voters - while adding to the GOP's difficulties among more educated white voters. You'd be surprised how crowded it is down at the "downscale" end. ...
The President As Gambler-In-Chief
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Frum loved the speech, but he is still worried. Like the few other conservative thinkers still prepared to think outside party orthodoxy (Ponnuru, Brookhiser, Noonan, Brooks), Frum cuts to the chase here: ...
Frum on Palin
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
At NRO former Bush speech-writer David Frum writes
From the beginning, the internal controversy (such as it is) over Sarah Palin has been a controversy not about Palin herself, but about John McCain. What kind of a decision-maker is he? How much information and consideration does he bring to bear?
If John McCain gambled on Palin without adequate research and preparation, the fact that he won his gamble does not reassure me very much. Gamblers sometimes do win. But the longer they play, the more they lose. ...
Sarah Palin's 'Position on the Issues'
Weekly Standard Blog —
... I've heard a fair amount of morning-after caviling from conservatives that Sarah Palin didn't spend more of her speech talking about public policy and issues. David Frum, for one, asks: "Where does she stand on immigration - an issue to which a President McCain will surely return? How reliable is she on free trade?" ...
Palin On The Issues
Ross Douthat —
... I've heard a fair amount of morning-after caviling from conservatives
that Sarah Palin didn't spend more of her speech talking about public
policy and issues. David Frum,
for one, asks: "Where does she stand on immigration - an issue to which
a President McCain will surely return? How reliable is she on free
trade?" ...
Palin is a "Disaster" and it's All Bill Kristol's Fault
Shadow of the Hegemon —
... that Palin was “obviously not qualified” to be vice president. Former presidential speechwriter David Frum called the choice a gamble and then said ...
