The key sentence to me in Frum’s treatise on how the GOP must broaden its appeal was this one: “What boomers mean when they call themselves conservative is that they have begun to demand massive cutbacks to special programs that do not directly benefit them.”

Frum goes on to explain: “Boomers’ conservatism is founded on their apprehension that there’s not enough to go around — and on their conviction that what little resources there are should accrue to them.”

“Greed is good,” said Michael Douglas as fictional tycoon Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie “Wall Street.” And apparently greed is a key motivator for conservatives born in the 1946 to 1964 baby boom.