example of ronald reagan. ronald reagan was constantly skewered by people on his right from the very beginning. even when he was governor of california, william f. buckley had to write a stirring defense of ronald reagan. reagan refused to shut down the government. he decided he had to raise taxes in california because he worked with democrats as well. that s one of the great frustrations i ve had as conservative as i am. i ve had young republicans on my show that have come on and said they will not vote for a revenue increase, a tax increase no matter what. they won t compromise on guns no matter what. they won t compromise with democrats no matter what. and i have to politely remind them that we actually inherited for better or worse i think for better the government of james madison. the constitution of james madison. we ve got checks and balances.
in california because he worked with democrats as well. that s one of the great frustrations i ve had as conservative as i am. i ve had young republicans on my show that have come on and said they will not vote for a revenue increase, a tax increase no matter what. they won t compromise on guns no matter what. they won t compromise with democrats no matter what. and i have to politely remind them that we actually inherited for better or worse i think for better the government of james madison. the constitution of james madison. we ve got checks and balances. ronald reagan understood that. if that s who we republicans want to claim as our hero, let s take a closer look at the record of reagan. on taxes, on budgets, i would say on assault weapons especially right now for a republican party that seems to be veering, i think, dangerously close to territory post-newtown, that could cost them a lot of swing seats.
government. he decided he had to raise taxes in california because he worked with democrats as well. that s one of the great frustrations i ve had as conservative as i am. i ve had young republicans on my show that have come on and said they will not vote for a revenue increase, a tax increase no matter what. they won t compromise on guns no matter what. they won t compromise with democrats no matter what. and i have to politely remind them that we actually inherited for better or worse i think for better the government of james madison. the constitution of james madison. we ve got checks and balances. ronald reagan understood that. if that s who we republicans want to claim as our hero, let s take a closer look at the record of reagan. on taxes, on budgets, i would say on assault weapons especially right now for a republican party that seems to be veering, i think, dangerously close to territory post-newtown,