Dec 12th, 2008 · David Frum is a former speechwriter for President Bush, who says the Republican party has lost its way. He's starting a new web site to encourage Republicans to rethink their approach. Majority.com launches the weekend before the presidential inauguration. Frum talks with Steve Inskeep about what the party has to do to get back on top.
Nov 5th, 2008 · Democrat Barack Obama has won handily over Republican John McCain. For some insight into the election results, Steve Inskeep talks to two analysts. Mark Mellman is a Democratic strategist and pollster. David Frum is conservative columnist for the National Review Online, and a former speechwriter for President Bush.
Oct 27th, 2008 · With the polls favoring Barack Obama and one week left until Election Day, David Frum says Republicans should be focusing on the Senate, not the White House. Otherwise, the former speechwriter for George Bush says, John McCain's campaign threatens to bring the party down with him.
Oct 27th, 2008 · As the presidential election approaches, Talk of the Nation will ask guests to make the case for the two candidates on foreign and domestic policy. Michael J. Gerson, a former speechwriter for President Bush, makes the conservative argument for a McCain presidency.
Aug 31st, 2008 · On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Andrea Seabrook talks with host Jacki Lyden about John McCain and the GOP strategy to win the White House. Andrea shares her conversations with Gary Bauer, president of American Values, and Clark Judge, managing director of the White House Writing Group, and a former Reagan White House speechwriter.
Jun 4th, 2008 · Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum says John McCain's recent speech on Iraq was a "perfect document," but its impact was dulled by a less-than-powerful delivery. Frum, a American Enterprise Institute fellow and columnist for the National Review Online, also discusses a Clinton-Obama ticket.
Jan 1st, 2008 · Michele Norris talks with two White House policy thinkers about challenges and opportunities likely to arise during President Bush's final year in office. Peter Beinart is editor-at-large of The New Republic; Michael Gerson is a Washington Post columnist and former speechwriter for Bush. Both are also fellows at the Council on Foreign Relations. They suggest that Pakistan and Afghanistan loom as the administration's central challenges overseas. Back at home, Beinart and Gerson predict the President will make a concerted effort to reauthorize his No Child Left Behind program for schools.
Jan 10th, 2007 · With sinking approval ratings and an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, President Bush faces a challenge in convincing the public that he has an improved plan for U.S. involvement in Iraq. It's a make-or-break moment for a president -- and the president's speechwriter. Michael Gerson was President Bush's chief speechwriter from 2001 until June 2006.