Blogging "The Real Romney"
David Frum's commentary while reading Mitt Romney's biography.
Just started the new Mitt Romney biography on the flight home from Charleston. I was very struck by this quotation from George Romney, then Governor of Michigan, explaining his refusal to endorse Barry Goldwater in 1964:
Dogmatic ideological parties tend to splinter the political and social fabric of a nation, lead to governmental crises and deadlocks, and stymie the compromises so often necessary to preserve freedom and achieve progress.
About the Author
David Frum
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.
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