http://www.frumforum.com/what-the-tories-have-to-teach-us-2 Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/what-the-tories-have-to-teach-us-2/comment-page-1#comment-72391 The Crossed Pond » What The Tories Have to Teach us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:33:53 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=15847#comment-72391 [...] America today, but also what can be done about it. Given our own trans-Atlantic background, I think this article is well worth passing along, in which Frum sketches out what the current Republican party can learn from the currenty Tory one [...] [...] America today, but also what can be done about it. Given our own trans-Atlantic background, I think this article is well worth passing along, in which Frum sketches out what the current Republican party can learn from the currenty Tory one [...]

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/what-the-tories-have-to-teach-us-2/comment-page-1#comment-72026 David Frum’s Smart Point Made On The Same Day Of John Boehner’s Visit To New Hampshire Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:35:35 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=15847#comment-72026 [...] David Frum on what the British Tory Party can teach us Republicans: The leader you want is someone who appeals to the voters you need to gain, not the voters you already have. American conservatism is in trouble for many reasons, but the most direct and immediate is the swing away from conservatism by edu­cated and professional voters, once the backbone of the Republican party, and especially by educated and pro­fessional women. American conservatives have become very skilled at speaking to the swing voters of a genera­tion ago: northern white ethnic Catholics and southern white Protestants, the famous “Reagan Democrats.” Conservative Democrats today make up only about 6 percent of the American electorate. By contrast, college-educated white women make up more than 15 percent of the electorate. It is foolhardy to choose leaders who woo the first group if they repel the latter. [...] [...] David Frum on what the British Tory Party can teach us Republicans: The leader you want is someone who appeals to the voters you need to gain, not the voters you already have. American conservatism is in trouble for many reasons, but the most direct and immediate is the swing away from conservatism by edu­cated and professional voters, once the backbone of the Republican party, and especially by educated and pro­fessional women. American conservatives have become very skilled at speaking to the swing voters of a genera­tion ago: northern white ethnic Catholics and southern white Protestants, the famous “Reagan Democrats.” Conservative Democrats today make up only about 6 percent of the American electorate. By contrast, college-educated white women make up more than 15 percent of the electorate. It is foolhardy to choose leaders who woo the first group if they repel the latter. [...]

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/what-the-tories-have-to-teach-us-2/comment-page-1#comment-72009 Friday Morning Musings | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:13:24 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=15847#comment-72009 [...] I think Bruce Bartlett makes lots of sense here.  David Frum makes tons of sense here and here.  And Ezra Klein makes sense when he says Obama made a $900 billion dollar [...] [...] I think Bruce Bartlett makes lots of sense here.  David Frum makes tons of sense here and here.  And Ezra Klein makes sense when he says Obama made a $900 billion dollar [...]

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