Ross Douthat is a senior editor at The Atlantic, the author of Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class (Hyperion, 2005), and coauthor of Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (Doubleday, 2008). He is the film critic for National Review, and his work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, GQ, Slate, and other publications.

David Frum is a resident fellow at AEI. A former special assistant to President George W. Bush for economic speechwriting (2001–2002), Mr. Frum’s last two books—The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush (Random House, 2003) and An End To Evil: How to Win the War on Terror (with Richard Perle; Random House, 2003)—were New York Times bestsellers. He is also a contributing editor to National Review, and he writes a blog for National Review Online. In his latest book, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again (Doubleday, 2008), Mr. Frum analyzes why a generation of young people has turned its back on the Republican Party; why Republicans can no longer win elections on taxes, guns, and promises to restore traditional values; and what new approaches are needed to regain lost ground.

Reihan Salam is an associate editor at The Atlantic and a fellow at the New America Foundation. He is the coauthor of Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (Doubleday, 2008).

Ruy Teixeira is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a joint fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation. He is the author of five books; over a hundred articles (both scholarly and popular); and a weekly online column, “Public Opinion Watch.” His latest book is The Emerging Democratic Majority, (with John Judis; Scribner, 2002). Probably the most widely discussed political book of the year, The Emerging Democratic Majority was praised by commentators on the left and the right and selected as one of the best books of the year by The Economist.

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