firedoglake.com - 1/6/2009
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After reading Dana Milbank's piece on the RNC chairman candidates' debate at the National Press Club yesterday, I feel even better about 2010 2012 2016.
[Saul] Anuzis quoted Reagan in his opening statement. Former Ohio secretary of state Ken Blackwell lamented that too many Republicans ...
Majority See Reagan As Republicans’ Way Back To Power
rasmussenreports.com 2/2/2009 — Ronald Reagan isn’t just a Republican thing anymore. Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters say the Republican Party should return to the views and values of the iconic 40th president of the United States to be successful, according to a new ...
The Reality-Based Reagan
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/19/2009 —
Thanks to the folks at TPM for asking me participate this week in the TPM Book Club - and above all, thanks to Will Bunch for engaging in the long overdue process of unpacking the myth of Ronald Reagan.
One of the most surprising things about ...
Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots)
firedoglake.com 2/2/2009 — Today on Stephanopolous, Jim DeMint repeated the mantra that we never spent our way out of a recession. As he said when defending his "stimulus" bill , which had nothing other than permanent tax cuts:
Long-term corporate, small ...
Two Happy Warriors Were We
spectator.org 1/7/2009 —
The Reagan I Knew
By William F. Buckley, Jr.
(Basic Books, 279 pages, $25)
When William F. Buckley died in February 2008, it was widely
known that he had been working on a book about Ronald Reagan. He
died before completing the ...
The Reagan Myth and the Iraq War
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/21/2009 — Understanding Ronald Reagan's presidential record is important -- but what's critical in 2009 is undoing the mythology that caused America to pursue even worse policies and justify them in the name of the Gipper. In the early 2000s, then-President ...
FDR vs. Reagan: May The Best President Win
rasmussenreports.com 12/28/2008 — It’s a showdown between the two most influential presidents of the 20th Century. Franklin D. Roosevelt versus Ronald W. Reagan. Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say FDR, the Democratic father of the big government New Deal who led the country ...
We Need to Move Beyond Reagan
thenextright.com 10/19/2008 — Bottom Line Up Front : No matter what America's short term future holds (a liberal White House, a liberal Congress, etc.), the long term future of the conservative movement depends on our ability to evolve in substance and unify around principles, ...
He Took a Shoe for His Country
floppingaces.net 1/19/2009 — When the Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar told Bush that in Europe he was “nearly as unpopular as Ronald Reagan” Bush replied, “I’m keeping pretty good company”.
-Brendon O’Conner on “Unpopular ...
Notes from today's RNC candidate forum —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite differences in age, background and region, all six candidates vying to be the next chairman of the Republican National Committee agreed on almost everything at today's ...
Agenda: Wooing Republicans —
First Read 1/6/2009
The L.A. Times plays up the positive comments Congressional Republicans made about the tax cut plans within Obama's stimulus plan.
The Washington Post also led with Obama's efforts to woo congressional Republicans. "Obama officials said they ...
2009/2010: Jeb's second thoughts? —
First Read 1/6/2009
CALIFORNIA: Meg Whitman, ex-EBAY CEO, is officially exploring a bid for California governor, setting up a high priced GOP primary between two moderates, as Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has been running for months.
COLORADO: The AP ...
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