of the party and the country. >>en an michael beschloss, what about the president's contention that ronald reagan could not win in this tea party influenced republican primary race? >> one way to look at it is some of the issues candidates are dealing with this year, for instance, rick santorum the social issues abortion, ronald reagan has governor signed one of the most liberal abortion bills in the country. his first supreme court justice sandra day o'connor had a pro-choice opinion. i doubt if a republican candidate could get away with that today. >> he campaigned against raising tax buzz when he eventually did raise taxes, susan, he said that his feet were in cement on taxes. and then when he signed it, exactly, he said the sound you hear is the cement cracking around me. he made deals on bugs. >> you know, it's a narrower republican party now than it was