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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Reagan Revolution

Reagan Revolution stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 GOP Needs 'a Little 
 Chaos:' Kristol 


Jan 24, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Republicans clamoring for unified front should "calm down" and be careful what they wish for, William Kristol writes in the Weekly Standard. Firstly, Barack Obama is hugely popular; he'll be unassailable for months. What's more, spirited debate may serve the GOP better than blind adherence to conservative philosophy. Consider... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • House of Representatives • Reagan Revolution • debate • William Kristol • Republicans • heterodoxy

OPINION

 Today's GOP: 
 Why Reagan Would Cringe 

Gipper didn't hate government; he
wanted it to work

Jan 24, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Republicans love to invoke Reagan, but if he’s watching right now, the Gipper is probably “smacking himself on the forehead, rolling his eyes and wondering who in the world these clowns are,” speculates former GOP Congressman (and longtime Reagan backer) Mickey Edwards in the LA Times.... More »

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Republican • conservative • Ronald Reagan • Reagan Revolution

OPINION

Infrastructure Revitalization Is Right and Right

A conservative argues for investing in water, energy, transport

Dec 8, 08 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Conservatives who fear that investing in the nation’s infrastructure goes against core Reaganite values need to get over it. Our aging energy, water, and transportation systems are in dire need of corporate dollars and ingenuity, but “the private sector alone cannot handle the job—and the states are... More »

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economics • electricity • Reagan Revolution • investment • transportation • infrastructure • Treasury Department • drinking water • conservative base

Falwell's Death Ends an Era

Fineman takes the measure of a partisan preacher and his political legacy

May 16, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's impossible to grasp the profound change in American political life in the last quarter-century without understanding Jerry Falwell and the movement he fostered, writes Newsweek's Howard Fineman. Falwell, who died yesterday, created the Moral Majority, helped launch the Reagan Revolution, and dug the evangelical foundations—currently shifting—on which... More »

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religious right • Republican • politics • Jerry Falwell • religion • Moral Majority • Reagan Revolution • evangelicals

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