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Conservatism That Can Win Again
Doubleday
January 2008
On Sale: December 31, 2007
224 pages
ISBN: 0385515332
EAN: 9780385515337
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
At a moment of crisis and pessimism for American
conservatives, David Frum offers fresh ideas—and fresh hope. Not in a generation has conservatism been in as much trouble
as it is at the end of the Bush years. A majority of
Americans say the country is “on the wrong track.†Voters
prefer Democrats over Republicans on almost every issue,
including taxes. The married, the middle-class, the
native-born are dwindling as a share of the population,
while Democratic blocs are rising. A generation of young
people has turned its back on the Republican party. Too many conservatives and Republicans have shut their eyes
to negative trends. David Frum offers answers. Frum says that the ideas that won elections for
conservatives in the 1980s have done their job. Republicans
can no longer win elections on taxes, guns, and promises to
restore traditional values. It’s time now for a new
approach, including: A conservative commitment to make private-sector health
insurance available to every American
Lower taxes on savings and investment financed by higher
taxes on energy and pollution
Federal policies to encourage larger families
Major reductions in unskilled immigration
A genuinely compassionate conservatism, including a
conservative campaign for prison reform and government
action against the public health disaster of obesity
A new conservative environmentalism that promotes nuclear
power in place of coal and oil
Higher ethical standards inside the conservative movement
and the Republican party
A renewed commitment to expand and rebuild the armed forces
of the United States—to crush terrorism—and get ready for
the coming challenge from China Frum’s previous bestselling books have earned accolades for
their courage and creativity from liberals and conservatives
alike. Today, with the conservative movement and the
Republican Party facing their greatest danger since
Watergate, Frum has again stepped forward with new ideas to
take conservatism—and America—into a new century of greatness.
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