Reagan Revolution

Democrats Offer Stealth Liberalism

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

By Kimberley A. StrasselPotomac Watch: The Reagan revolution is dead! Just don't expect us to bet this election on it!

Peace through strength

Tom Rants (Free subscription) | yesterday

... positions on other issues, he learned one vital lesson as a foot soldier in Congress during the Reagan Revolution - peace comes from strength. As Donald Rumsfeld is fond of saying, though apparently McCain understands it better, «Weakness is provocative.» That may be the most important lesson of Iraq and one that certainly applies in other current situations: Georgia, Iran, China-Taiwan,...

Today in The Nation: The Cold War President

The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008

... political hack. Please prove me wrong. Our current financial disaster is the real legacy of the Reagan Revolution. So why don't we let the deregulated banking industry sink or swim? A very good chance, if the Russian recognition of the independence of two breakaway Georgia provinces can be elevated to the status of a major challenge to the security of the United States. It is an absurd...

• John McCain: Running for War President at Any Cost - Alternet
• Robert Scheer: Running for War President at Any Cost - The Huffington Post

Democrats hoping to storm Utah's Republican fortress

Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

... to the Equal Rights Amendment, the GOP wrested power away. The movement crested with the Reagan Revolution in 1980, and Utah has been among the reddest states ever since. Utah Republican Party Chairman Stan Lockhart says voters have stuck with the party because it shares the values of Utah voters. "As long as we reflect fundamental values and principles, some call them traditional...

The jokes just write themselves

the cucking stool (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008

... centerpieces of stable communities from coast to coast, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Tribute to the Reagan Revolution and 80's Celebration Reception at the Aqua Nightclub on Thursday, sponsored by American Conservative Union (oh, think of the hair!)And there's even an event called - appropriately enough - Pit Bulls and Pigs: A Reception Celebrating Efforts to Lower Taxes, sponsored...

Lincoln crashes the party

Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008

Miami Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart will be among the GOP'ers heading to the Democratic National Convention in Denver to provide the Republican spin on things. Diaz-Balart, who got his start in politics as a Democrat but switched to the GOP as part of the Reagan revolution, will be among a group of John McCain surrogates staffing a GOP war room and providing the Republican point...