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Entries from April 2007

The Bully Across The Taiwan Strait

David Frum wrote on April 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Just a few hundred feet up the slope from a complex of new luxury apartment buildings, a battery of Patriot-2 missiles stands ready on five minutes notice to intercept their share of the nearly 1,000 Chinese missiles aimed at this island.
In the officers’ mess of one of Taiwan’s efficient French-built frigates, a worried admiral   more

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The Democrats’ Cynical Timing

David Frum wrote on April 21st, 2007 at 12:00 am

“This war is lost.” No, that was not said by some angry protester, not by some gloating terrorist, but by the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, Harry Reid, in remarks to journalists Thursday.
That’s the same Harry Reid who voted only three months ago to confirm General David Petraeus as commander of U.S. forces   more

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It’s Official: The Reagan Revolution Is Over

David Frum wrote on April 14th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Question: How can a candidate for president raise US$23-million in three months–only slightly less than John McCain and Rudy Giuliani combined–and still register barely above zero in polls of members of his own party?
That is the sad story of Mitt Romney, the movie-star handsome former governor of Massachusetts. Romney registers a dismal fourth in   more

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In Politics, The Web Changes Everything

David Frum wrote on April 7th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Hillary Clinton had everything lined up to reprise the mighty George W. Bush nomination campaign of 1998-99.
She would use the vast donor network inherited from her husband to raise a $100-million campaign fund. This vast treasury would deter potential rivals from entering the race. And should anybody in the party murmur against this buying   more

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