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Title: Disappointing
Review: David Frum promises an insider's look at the White House, but he doesn't seem to have had the access (or perhaps the time) to deliver. His stories are often about his own star-struck reactions to Bush and the inner power circle. Of course, he was only speechwriter for a year, and the personality he seems to be most familiar with is Karen Hughes. That would make sense, since Hughes vetted all of Bush's speeches during that period. She would have been an almost impregnable wall between Frum and Bush.Although he doesn't have many real stories to tell, Frum pads the book with personal, and partisan, observations. He decides that 9/11 elevated Bush's presidency by giving Bush a higher purpose, but he doesn't provide anecdotes to support his thesis that Bush is courageous, honest, or decent. The reader either accepts this view from the start (and most buyers of this book will probably already agree with it), or kicks himself for having paid good money for an insider's account that isn't.
