Michael Gerson

Since stepping down from his White House post in July 2006, Gerson has become a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a regular contributor to Newsweek magazine, and will be a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post next year. Besides his distinguished career as a speech writer (for President George Bush, presidential candidate Senator Bob Dole, and Senator Dan Coats), Gerson is also former senior editor for U.S. News and World Report. Gerson can provide an insider’s account of the Bush White House and is the most pro-Bush voice available.

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Politics and Religion

Heroic Conservatism

Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail If They Don't)

Talking Points

As the former Bush White House speech writer and current Newsweek contributor and Washington Post columnist, Michael Gerson offers his own bold blueprint for the future of the Republican party and a first-hand, high-level account of the great events of the Bush years. Gerson can speak to a “new manifesto” for the Republican party.

Description

Michael Gerson, who penned most of George W. Bush’s inspiring speeches, is considered by many Democrats and Republicans to be the most influential White House speechwriter since the Kennedy administration’s Ted Sorenson. Known around the administration as the “moral compass,” Gerson was more than a speechwriter, he was also a trusted insider helping to make policy decisions. In HEROIC CONSERVATISM, he uses his own experiences in the upper tier of the Bush White House to make his point that America needs a conservatism that is heroic in its aspirations—this includes such “compassionate conservative” social strategies such as continued international AIDS funding, anti-poverty initiatives, and a government leadership rooted in moral values.

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