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David Frum: “Well, what I'm hoping for in the next round is that, as we get into 2012, there is actually going to be a Republican…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2011
Well, what I'm hoping for in the next round is that, as we get into 2012, there is actually going to be a Republican presidential candidate. There's going to be a real leader of the Republican Party who is going to have some authority to apply some commonsense discipline to Republicans and to say the party cannot be swayed by this faction within its congressional membership that seems to think that somehow that pushing the U.S. economy over the cliff is a good way to make a point.
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Frum expresses hope for a strong Republican leader to guide the party away from extreme factions.

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