It’s not pointless to lock the barn door after the horse has gone—if, that is, you still happen to have some horses remaining in the barn.

The political party of Sumner, Lodge, and Dewey retains a minimal presence in the Northeast: three Republican members of the House from New York and three Republican senators from New England. One of those senators—Judd Gregg of New Hampshire—will retire in 2010, but Maine’s Olympia Snowe does not face re-election until 2012 and Susan Collins just won re-election in Maine in 2008.

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David Frum is editor of FrumForum.com and the author of six books, including most recently COMEBACK: Conservatism That Can Win Again. In 2001 and 2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush. In 2007, he served as senior foreign policy adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign.