David Frum on what it all means for the Republican party. He thinks they've lost big; that they tried for all the marbles and ended up with none.
Frum is kind of an interesting voice in the Conservative movement because he talks about what it will take for the G.O.P. to win elections and pass its agenda…but is often found in opposition to the Hannity/Limbaugh crowd. He gets slammed a lot for that but he seems to have a better track record for accurate predictions than any of them, at least in electoral areas. He's less prescient regarding things like the economy and foreign relations.
In '08, I attended a panel discussion where he crossed a few swords with Hugh Hewitt, who was also on the dais. Hewitt went on at some length explaining how the Democrats were doomed if they nominated Barack Obama because there was no way he could win. Frum felt otherwise. Who was right? I suspect that once again, he's saying something that the talk radio crowd doesn't want to acknowledge…but he's right.