[ConservativeMind]

Frum discounts the Flower ad against Goldwater.

I don’t care what Frum thinks. We don’t field a RINO to win over the electorate.

Frum, that was already tried and it failed. Now, shut the heck up, you idiot.

[iowamark]

our priority should be to identify presidential candidates who can run strongly in every region of the country – not because we expect to win every region of the country, but because we want to help elect Republican congressional candidates in every region of the country.

We just tried Frum's strategy last year. We ran a moderate maverick who was supposed to appeal to Democrats. Didn't work out too well.

[Hardastarboard]

there was nothing about the Goldwater disaster that made the Carter failure more necessary, more inevitable.

Nope - Carter did that all on his own.

Frum discounts the Flower ad against Goldwater.

Agreed, but I would also point out that a lot of people voted on emotion, just like today. A lot of them stupidly voted to continue the legacy of a murdered President. LBJ was lucky, too.

[justiceseeker93]

I've seen Frum speak in person to a GOP audience well before last year's election, at which time he was pessimistic about the GOP's future. That's very consistent with this article.

I'm not accusing him of being a 'Rat in GOP clothing, but his Republican credentials aren't all that formidable, other than his two years or so as a speechwriter in the W White House.

I understand he's a transplanted Canadian, possibly a dual national.