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Nov 09, Heather in FL rated it really liked it Shelves: a-i-own-it , z-from-amazon , non-smut-thinking-books. A very interesting essay on why Romney lost when everyone around him was so absolutely sure he'd win the election. It was nice to see a moderate Republican call out the Republican party that has changed so much ideologically within recent memory.
I liked that he pointed out that the Republicans really need to make an effort to compromise in the upcoming term It appears that the author is suggesting that the Republican party return to a more central stance.
Certainly not full center, but definitely left of the right where they have been. It was also very interesting for a Republican to say that Fox News and conservative talk radio are doing their fans a grave disservice by either outright lying to them or omitting pertinent facts. Even the so-called "liberal" news media gives more correct information than Fox. I hope the Republican party takes to heart the results of this election.
What they're doing is not working for the majority of Americans. If they want to stay relevant even Fox News is talking about the changing demographics of the nation , they need to find a way to change with the times. That is not to say that they need to just say what the majority of Americans want to hear that didn't work for Mitt , because it's likely that such an about-face would be insincere and the American public can figure that out.
But a real shift in their most provocative policies is needed or they won't get the majority of the vote. The same is true for nonwhites who have gained their place in the national story and for gays living unashamed and unafraid. Perhaps there are people who still want to argue against these social transformations. Their place is writing in small journals of cultural critical or niche websites, not running for office as the candidates of a great modern party.
Nov 18, Melissa Acuna rated it really liked it. While this book could use with more examples and "scaffolding" to support the major talking points, it's still should be required reading for progressives and conservatives. Frum is able to make an intellectual, factual, non-hysterical assessment of the state of the GOP and what it will take to save the party.
The author also makes a cogent argument for what is NOT to like about Obama's policies, and none of it includes where he was born, socialism or any other right-wing conspiracy theory and While this book could use with more examples and "scaffolding" to support the major talking points, it's still should be required reading for progressives and conservatives. The author also makes a cogent argument for what is NOT to like about Obama's policies, and none of it includes where he was born, socialism or any other right-wing conspiracy theory and rightly assesses that the reason the GOP couldn't beat Obama is because they didn't know Obama.
He discusses the alternative knowledge system created and sustained by right-wing blogs and Fox news and he acknowledges the hypocrisy of the pro-life movement's obsession with the unborn and the lack of interest in children born into poverty.
I'm giving this book as a Christmas present to all of my conservative family and friends so that they can understand why I've voted for the Democratic nominee for the last three elections.
Jan 13, Marvin rated it liked it Recommends it for: Anyone interested in a open political discussion. It may be the best single summary of why Romney lost in The most important thing is that this book is written by a staunch if moderately-to-the-right Republican strategist. He saw that Romney would lose the election a month or so before, while other Republican predicted victory, and started putting his thoughts on paper, which explains why this little tome came out so quickly.
More importantly, he is right on track. While Romney complains that he lost because Obama gave the 47 percent "gift", Frum discusses how the Republican party lost the middle class and strayed from their more inclusive policies of the 80s' and 90s. This is not a wild eyed gloat by a democrat but someone who is truly worried that his party will no longer be taken seriously by the American public.
View all 5 comments. Dec 01, Greg rated it really liked it. A thoughtful, well-written and compelling piece explaining all the reasons as a Republican, I want to disassociate myself from the current Republican Party. Frum shows how after the loss in , the GOP collapsed in on its standby values, and the Tea Party was born.
Lot of good that dogma got us. It's a party that's quickly losing relevance. Frum shows what it needs to shed and what it needs to embrace to keep that trend barreling into an obsolete club for old white men.
View all 3 comments. Nov 11, Lynn rated it it was amazing Shelves: politics. He notes that Republicans are living in an echo chamber taking everything Fox News says about the American people and party politics seriously. Frum is a Republican who truly wants to help his party gain power, but the way they are doing it now simply is not working.
Nov 27, Andie rated it liked it. In the last week of the contest, campaigning in Ohio, the Republican hopeful suggested a local car maker was planning to shift production to China. The company boss, in a fairly unusual intervention in a presidential election, said the claim was false. In the final few days of the election, the row badly damaged a candidate who desperately needed success in Ohio. Lost women: The gender gap in the election was significant.
Romney hammered on about the poor economy, but during the final weeks of campaigning, things started to look a little better. That let women concentrate on social issues such as reproductive care, healthcare and education. Women simply trusted Obama more on these key issues. In general terms, Romney never managed to convince Americans he cared about them as much as Americans believe Barack Obama cares about them.
That simply reinforced the image Democrats had created of a wealthy out of touch millionaire. In this election, an incompetent president divided his way into a second term. Barack Obama centered his entire presidential campaign around abortion-on-demand. He stoked the unfounded fears of single women by turning the election into a straw man referendum on banning contraception.
During presidential debates, Obama name-checked Planned Parenthood like an abortionist with Tourette Syndrome. Romney ran a monochromatic campaign, speaking in a drab economic monotone. Mitt actually began his willful aversion to abortion during the primaries, when he refused to sign the pro-life pledge , skipped pro-life debates , and generally took social voters for granted.
The ad failed to outbid Obama for pro-abortion voters but confused and demoralized his base. Now their talking heads are tripling down, advising more of the same in Republicans need to understand abortion is not going to recede as an issue.
Rather than wishing social issues away, they need to address them in a responsible and accurate way without apology, equivocation, or undue defensiveness. They need to offer a counter-narrative to the dominant media-Democratic consensus — a scientifically correct view increasingly embraced by younger voters.
Romney was ill-equipped for this. An Ohio reporter exposed his lack of familiarity with pro-life or religious liberty issues. Bill Clinton once told Flavia Colgan that he appealed to evangelicals, because he could win some of their votes if he made the appeal and none if he did not.
Rick Perry of Texas wanted to take down more parts of the federal government than he could successfully name. In the debates, the country saw the GOP talking to itself and sounding like a bizarre fringe party, not a responsible governing one.
Romney is not a right-wing extremist. Many of his statements on these issues were patently insincere, but that was hardly reassuring.
For women, Latinos, and young voters tempted to abandon Obama, the old Romney might have been a plausible alternative. The new Romney, fettered by a feverish GOP, was too risky a choice.
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