one article in politico, rick perry is dead wrong, taking the high road. each one relies on one man throughout their op-ed, and that is ronald reagan, rick perry mentions him nine times, rand paul eight times. where do you think this sort of heart of the gop is at this moment other than in ronald reagan s chest? well, first of all i think ronald reagan is to the conservative movement as scripture is to christians. everybody will quote reagan for their purposes. and there is a kind there was some ambiguity in this. yes, he was very tough on foreign policy, but he made a lot of choices that were not on the interventionist s side. and i was really taken by the strength of rand paul s
southern border, and cantor pushing basically the same policy by giving amnesty to young folks. those things you think they re tone deaf in washington, d.c. that energizes me and others in washington, d.c., and across the country that say, you know what, at the end of the day, the people are going to make their decision and they re tired of what s going on in washington, d.c., in both parties. i think that s the message, the d.c., the establishment vetted here today, because there are more primaries here ahead. do you want to be majority leader? no. i have four kids. this is a tough job. but you know, you sign up for a tough job. as a leader, you ve got to be willing to listen. just because you ve got the job doesn t mean you know everything. i think we have a bunch of people in washington who think they know so much that just ain t so, to quote reagan. we need a leadership willing to listen, more importantly to the vast overwhelming majority of the republican party that s concerne
they refer the way to reagan the way bible refers to god, as the font of all wisdom. but republicans never actually quote reagan anymore, because they have rewritten him to the point that reagan wouldn t recognize his party. which, by the way, was the second political party that reagan belonged to. the actor ronald reagan was a democrat when he was president of the labor union representing actors, but he switched on the way to becoming president of the united states. ronald reagan didn t like taxes but he was willing to raise them when necessary, which is why he signed the then biggest tax increase in california history when he was governor. and why he raised taxes 11 times as president. yes, 11 times. there is now no republican who thinks it is ever necessary to raise tax rates. not one republican.
they were the keys to ronald reagan s greatness as an morning leader. ronald reagan and bush in 1980. reagan. the man we know as ronald reagan, who was sunny and optimistic, his charisma cured the malaise. i identify myself as a reagan conservative. it was simple. he was magical. over three decades have passed since ronald reagan was elected to the white house. yet the impact of his leadership is still evident today. as i have reported in this space before, there is no republican who republicans lie about more than ronald reagan. they refer the way to reagan the way bible refers to god, as the font of all wisdom. but republicans never actually quote reagan anymore, because they have rewritten him to the
that s what the pro santorum super pac red white and blue just told outfront about its cash raising today. the donations pouring in for the candidate who exceeded frankly everybody s expectations last night beating mitt romney in a three-state sweep. santorum met with potential donors in texas today and he s actually headed to california to meet even more potential deep pocketed donors. he s not stopping there. he just sent out another e-mail asking for money. here s what it says, we have it. quote reagan got on a roll winning in north carolina and a slew of states after that, the conservative base rallied to him despite all odds. he went all the way to the convention. clearly, rick santorum feeling pretty good. we re doing really well and we feel like going forward, we re going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make. okay, making the case though and winning are two very different things. former pennsylvania senator is lagging behind his rivals when