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In a post HERE the other day, I took pleasure in noting that President Obama was echoing my familiar refrain that Ronald Reagan would be seen as unacceptably moderate, if not downright liberal, in today’s Republican Party.
Blogger extraordinaire Steve Benen is out with an ARGUMENT today that the question of Reagan’s political viability in the current right-wing GOP climate is not even a close call:
Reagan raised the debt ceiling 18 times, and he supported the precursor to the Buffett Rule. In his first term, Reagan raised taxes when unemployment was nearing 11% — imagine trying this today — ...
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