The Purple Roots

by Patrick Appel

Politico profiles Frum and his website:

Some in the conservative cognoscente praise Frum’s intellect and efforts, but that’s where the anointing of the New Majority ends. You can count on a fingerless hand the big-name conservatives who have publicly joined the crusade. So far, Frum’s site has become an intellectual way station of college students, unknown politicos and anonymous scribes.

“Frum is smart, and the site is young,” says National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru, a former colleague. “But so far, it has not made much of a splash. He has gotten some attention from journalists, but the site isn’t yet a must-read for anyone.”

Lately, I've read NewMajority.com much more than I did when it launched. Many websites and blogs take awhile to mature. Frum's site feels like it is just starting to hit a stride.