A Reformed Republican--Amazing!

Date: November 20th, 2011
Author: David Frum
Page: 1
Topic: The view of a reformed Republican on the GOP race
Source: New York Magazine "When Did the GOP Lose Touch with Reality?" http://nymag.com/news/politics/conservatives-david-frum-2011-11/
Dear Mr. Quinn: I did not realize these posts were supposed to be about very recent articles until after I published this one. Forgive me for my error? 

        David Frum has written for the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine and he was one of George Bush's speechwriters. David Frum voted for John McCain in 2008. David Frum is Republican. Err well, he was a Republican until this year when the GOP primary circus hit the nation. Frum simply thinks that the Republicans have lost touch with reality. The multiple Republican ideologies that existed just 10 years ago seem to have shifted to just one: tax cuts for the wealthiest in our nation. And this Frum cannot handle. This is not the Republican party Frum joined 30 some years ago. He cites multiple examples as proof. He writes, "Today, the Fed’s pushing down interest rates in hopes of igniting economic growth is close to treason, according to Governor Rick Perry, coyly seconded by TheWall Street Journal. In 2000, the same policy qualified Alan Greenspan as the “greatest central banker in the history of the world,” according to Perry’s mentor, Senator Phil Gramm."
        While this article is not exclusively about the primary, the message is clear: we need a strong leader to lead our country for the next four years, and neither the primary candidates nor Obama seem to have what it takes. While I am generally liberal in my views, I wholeheartedly agree with Frum. We need another FDR, another Martin Luther King Jr. We need strong, adamant leadership-something that Obama is not providing. Not only this, but we need to be able to compromise! Somehow, I don't see Michelle Bachmann and Hillary Clinton seeing eye to eye on anything. Honestly, this country is going to fall apart if someone doesn't step up quickly, and I can't see any Republican primary candidate worthy of the task. As Frum concludes, "For the past half-dozen years, I have been arguing that we conservatives need to follow a different course. And it is this argument that has led so many of my friends to demand, sometimes bemusedly, sometimes angrily, 'What the hell happened to you?' I could fire the same question back: “Never mind me—what happened to you?” I'd be interested to know if Frum votes in the 2012 presidential elections.