David Frum’s National Post piece from last week talked about the problem the GOP has with college-educated voters, who went overwhelmingly for Obama last Tuesday
A generation ago, Republicans dominated among college graduates. In 1984 and 1988, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush won states like California, Pennsylvania and Connecticut – states that have been “blue” [...]
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David Frum on the GOP’s college-educated voter problem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anti-intellectualism, college-educated voters, David Frum, GOP, the conservative movement on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WSJ Op-ed on the collapse of the conservative intellectual movement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anti-intellectualism, David Brooks, Mark Steyn, National Review, the conservative movement, Wall St. Journal, William F. Buckley Jr. on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the past couple of weeks, I have been reading, or rather listening to on CD, William F. Buckley Jr.’s autobiographical collection of columns and essays titled “Miles Gone By.” Among many, many other things, (Buckley was CIA agent!) the book describes both the development of National Review and the exhaustive process by which issues [...]
