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Pawlenty Says Republicans Need to Move Beyond Reagan to Rebuild
Pawlenty Says Republicans Need to Move Beyond Reagan to Rebuild
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has a message for his fellow Republicans: Get over Ronald Reagan. Like most Republicans, Pawlenty pays homage to the Reagan legacy. At the same time, he is urging his party to get beyond its Reaganite past. Pawlenty, 48, presented his ...
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TPM Election Central — ... In an interview with Bloomberg News, Tim Pawlenty said the Republican Party has to move beyond just talking about Ronald Reagan. "We need to develop new Ronald Reagans and new reference points," said Pawlenty. "It would be as if Barack Obama was going around and constantly talking about Truman or LBJ. It's just become a reference point that isn't as relevant for young people." ...

Moving beyond Reagan
Political Animal — MOVING BEYOND REAGAN.... Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has some radical advice for his party: maybe now would be a good time to get over Reagan and start looking ahead. Like most Republicans, Pawlenty pays homage to the Reagan legacy. At the same time, he is urging his party to get beyond its Reaganite past. Pawlenty, 48, presented his vision of Reagan 2.0 at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last weekend. Judging by his ninth-place finish in a straw poll, the party may not be ready to move on. The old Republican orthodoxy of limited government, ...

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