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Heading for Geneva: "We Have a Strength We Haven't Had Before"
Nation & World
- May 16, 2008
President Reagan hopes to get the Soviet Union to agree to regular summit meetings.
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Reagan Fan Letter Lists His Best Movies
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- April 17, 2008
Ever wonder which movies Ronald Reagan made that he liked best? Kings Row is tops, but there’s more.
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Don't Sweat It, Mac, Reagan Had It Worse
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- February 15, 2008
When it comes to titanic conservative battles, today's tussle over Sen. John McCain's roots is a mere blip compared with the feud between the movement's giants, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.
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Barack Hussein Reagan? Ronald Wilson Obama?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 13, 2008
Just what kind of president might the apparent Democratic front-runner turn out to be?
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Is Obama Really the Liberal Reagan?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 12, 2008
And if elected, will he try to reverse Reaganomics?
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Reagan United Republicans, Can McCain?
By Elisabeth Goodridge -
Nation & World
- February 8, 2008
Ronald Reagan made Republicans out of working Democrats.
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Ronald Reagan v. Jimmy Carter: "Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?"
By Bret Schulte -
Nation & World
- January 17, 2008
President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debated just once in the contest of 1980.
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Will the Real Reagan Bobble Step Forward?
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- November 14, 2007
Nobody's more popular in GOP circles than former President Reagan, which explains why all the Republicans running for president claim they are the most like him. Help the Capitol Bobbles with the question: Who is most like the Gipper: Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, or Mitt Romney?.
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Rangel Tax Bill Could Reverse 'Reaganomics'
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 26, 2007
AMT reform and other Democrat tax ideas would send rates soaring.
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Thompson Could Be the Biggest Joke
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- September 6, 2007
It was appropriate for the former Tennessee senator to announce on a late-night TV show.
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Adorable First Pets or PR Nightmares?
Washington Whispers
- June 17, 2007
That sweet image of modern-day presidents romping with first pets—FDR with Fala, Reagan with Lucky, Clinton with Buddy—hides a not-so-adorable truth: Most were props. In the first-ever critical look at presidential pets, a new exhibit at the White House Visitor Center reveals how important these critters were—or were not—to their masters.
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The Gipper Could Write Speeches Too
Washington Whispers
- June 3, 2007
Ronald Reagan sure had a bright team of writers to draft his unique words, but now we've got proof that the Gipper was pretty good on his own when it came to tuning up those speeches. It's a rare hand-edited text of one of Reagan's most famous and memorable addresses: "The Great Communicator's" 1988 goodbye at the Republican National Convention.
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Want Reagan? Try John Cox
Washington Whispers
- May 14, 2007
Republican voters dissatisfied with the current crop of Reagan wannabes ought to check out the only GOP candidate barred from this week's South Carolina debate hosted by Fox: John Cox. .
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Ford's Spirit at the GOP Debate
Capital Commerce
- May 4, 2007
Maybe they should have held last night's GOP presidential debate at the Gerald Ford library in Michigan instead of at Ronald Reagan's in California. On economic policy, at least, it sure seemed more like the 1970s, with Fordesque thinking on display rather than Reaganomics.
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Out Loud
Washington Whispers
- April 22, 2007
"This war is lost, and the surge is not accomplishing anything."
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