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  • February 2008

    • Writers Parse Buckley's Legacy

      newser  |  Slate  |  Feb 28, 08 3:36 PM CST

      Writers Parse Buckley's Legacy

      William F. Buckley Jr. was a titan on the political scene, carving out his own brand of conservatism. But one day after his death, writers differ on his legacy: At Slate, Timothy Noah notes Buckley’s more noxious stances—defending segregationists and Joe McCarthy—and says it’s good fortune “Buckley’s man Ronald Reagan” didn’t accomplish goals of turning back civil-rights law and shrinking government. George W. Bush’s ascendance thankfully marked a return to Republicanism at peace with the New Deal. More »

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      obituary  • Ronald Reagan  • Joe Lieberman  • conservatism  • National Review

    • William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 27, 08 10:32 AM CST

      William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82

      Conservative columnist and editor William F. Buckley Jr. died today at age 82; he suffered from diabetes and emphysema. Buckley founded the opinion magazine National Review , hosted the show “Firing Line” and wrote 45 books. The author of God and Man at Yale and defender of Joe McCarthy was “replete with $10 words and a darting tongue,” the New York Times eulogizes. More »

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      obituary  • conservative  • Ronald Reagan  • conservatism  • Yale  • National Review  • libertarianism  • Arthur Schlesinger Jr.  • Joe McCarthy  • William F. Buckley

  • January 2008

    • Obama: The Gloves Come Off

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jan 21, 08 6:42 AM CST

      Obama: The Gloves Come Off

      Barack Obama is ratcheting up the aggression in his campaign, lashing Bill and Hillary Clinton both for “unbelievable falsehoods” about his stance on Iraq and his praise for Ronald Reagan. The new tone was evident in appearances yesterday and in an interview aired this morning on "Good Morning America" in which he said the former president "has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling.” More »

    • Dems Slam Obama's Praise for Reagan

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 19, 08 5:58 AM CST

      Dems Slam Obama's Praise for Reagan

      Barack Obama's comments that Ronald Reagan tapped into Americans' desire for change in a way that presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton did not have touched off a fiery backdraft from other Democratic candidates. Hillary Clinton lashed her rival for praising Republican ideas over Democratic positions, while John Edwards bristled at the late president's intolerance for unions. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John Edwards  • Ronald Reagan

    • GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 3:45 AM CST

      GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner

      Mitt Romney's Michigan win leaves the outlook for the GOP as muddied as before, writes the New York Times . So far in the race, three different Republican candidates have won three different states appealing to three different sets of voters. With South Carolina and Nevada voting this weekend, the GOP race could soon have five frontrunners. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Michigan  • Republican candidates  • Ronald Reagan  • South Carolina primary

  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Giuliani: Fear Not, Conservatives

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 20, 07 4:06 PM CDT

      Giuliani: Fear Not, Conservatives

      Conservatives at the Value Voters Summit in Washington, DC, gave Giuliani polite applause today as he admitted his moderate-to-liberal views on abortion and other issues, the AP reports. He stressed shared stands on Iraq, school choice and conservative judges, but kept mum about gay marriage. "We may not always agree," he said. "I don't always agree with myself. But I will give you reason to trust me." More »

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      election 2008  • Rudy Giuliani  • Mike Huckabee  • abortion  • conservative  • Ronald Reagan

    • Dems Nostalgic for Reagan Era

      newser  |  Politico  |  Oct 6, 07 11:57 AM CDT

      Dems Nostalgic for Reagan Era

      As President Bush's popularity among congressional Democrats plummets amid a storm of threats and vetoes, some have grown nostalgic for a bygone era—the Reagan era. "I never thought I'd say this, but I long for the pragmatism of Ronald Reagan," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Aided by a healthy dose of relativism, the Gipper is making a comeback, Politico writes. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Ronald Reagan  • congressional Democrats

  • September 2007

    • Rudy Less Than Thrilled to Be $9.11 Candidate

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 25, 07 3:05 PM CDT

      Rudy Less Than Thrilled to Be $9.11 Candidate

      A spokeswoman for presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani is calling an appeal from private fundraisers for $9.11 donations “an unfortunate choice.” During tomorrow’s national house party night, top GOP rainmaker Abraham Sofaer will host an event aiming to net that telltale amount from attendees, the AP reports. More »

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      election 2008  • Rudy Giuliani  • State Department  • Ronald Reagan  • Hoover Institution

    • Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job

      newser  |  Time  |  Sep 18, 07 8:26 AM CDT

      Flip-Floppers See Light&mdash;Or Just Want Job

      Maybe Mitt Romney and John Kerry should hold their flip-flopping heads high: Changes of mind have furthered the causes of abolition and civil rights over the centuries. Ronald Reagan defiantly claimed his biggest reversal—promising feet “in concrete” about raising taxes, then singing “the sound of concrete cracking” when he hiked them—but flip-floppers are often less than pure. More »

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      election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • presidential election  • taxes  • John Kerry  • civil rights  • Ronald Reagan  • flip flop  • Lyndon Johnson  • slavery

    • Castro: We Saved Reagan's Life

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 13, 07 9:06 AM CDT

      Castro: We Saved Reagan's Life

      Fidel Castro says Cuba helped the US avert an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1984. An essay attributed to the ailing dictator says a Cuban posted to the UN tipped off an American official to the plot, which involved a presidential visit to North Carolina, the  Telegraph reports. How Cuba got the information, which Castro called "complete," is unclear. More »

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      Pentagon  • Cuba  • September 11  • assassination  • Fidel Castro  • Ronald Reagan  • rocket

    • Oscar Winner Wyman Dead at 93

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 10, 07 5:39 PM CDT

      Oscar Winner Wyman Dead at 93

      Academy Award-winning actress Jane Wyman, who was Ronald Reagan's first wife, died today at her home in Rancho Mirage. She was 93—or, according to some sources, 90. Wyman was named best actress for her portrayal of a deaf-mute rape victim in the 1948 film Johnny Belinda. She was married to Reagan from 1940 to 1948. More »

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      obituary  • Hollywood  • actor  • Ronald Reagan  • Academy Awards  • Oscar winner

  • August 2007

    • Mortgage Mess Was 100% Avoidable

      newser  |  American Prospect  |  Aug 29, 07 7:39 PM CDT

      Mortgage Mess Was 100% Avoidable

      Blame for the current economic disaster should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the US government, for deregulation that allowed speculators to cash in, writes the American Prospect’ s Robert Kuttner. Helping boost "ordinary people" into the "propertied class" has fallen out of favor in Washington, with the savings and loan crisis a precursor to the current mess. More »

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      US economy  • subprime mortgages  • Ronald Reagan  • mortgage lender  • US government  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • Reagan Aide Michael Deaver Dead at 69

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 18, 07 5:11 PM CDT

      Reagan Aide Michael Deaver Dead at 69

      The man who crafted Ronald Reagan’s public persona died today of pancreatic cancer at age 69, the AP reports. Michael Deaver, part of the so-called “troika” that directed the Reagan presidency, specialized in managing the president’s image in the media. His own image was damaged by a 1987 perjury conviction, which temporarily put a rift between him and the Reagans. More »

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      obituary  • Ronald Reagan  • perjury  • pancreatic cancer  • Nancy Reagan

    • Candidate or DA: Thompson Can't Be Both

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 13, 07 3:30 PM CDT

      Candidate or DA: Thompson Can't Be Both

      NBC will pull “Law & Order” reruns featuring DA Arthur Branch if the man who portrays him runs for president, the New York Times reported today. The self-imposed ban on those 115 episodes in which Fred Thompson appears would avoid the obligation to give other candidates comparable air time to comply with federal equal-time regulations. More »

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      television  • Fred Thompson  • NBC  • presidential election  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Ronald Reagan  • Law and Order

  • July 2007
  • May 2007

    • Thompson Fails Reagan Test

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  May 7, 07 11:40 AM CDT

      Thompson Fails Reagan Test

      For a party in search of its last, best hope, Fred Thompson may turn out to be not so much savior as dud. The actor-turned-senator-turned-heir to the Reagan throne chose Orange County's conservative Lincoln Club for his first speech since the presidential hype began, and the reaction, writes Robert Novak, was decidedly underwhelming. More »

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      election 2008  • Republicans  • presidential campaign  • Fred Thompson  • GOP  • Ronald Reagan

    • GOP Debate Pivots on Abortion

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 4, 07 8:05 AM CDT

      GOP Debate Pivots on Abortion

      Republicans went straight into the breech during their first debate at the Reagan Library last night, tackling the hot-button issue of abortion. All 10 aspirants supported overturning  Roe v. Wade, including Romney and Giuliani, who struggled to distance themselves from embarrassing previous endorsement of abortion rights. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • Republicans  • abortion  • Ronald Reagan  • Roe v. Wade

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