[BlatherNaut]

He wouldn’t stomp all over a Tom Kean because he was what today is called a RINO.

You said it. Reagan also reached out to Tip O'Neill. He was a pragmatist, when all was said and done.

[gusty]

Pragmatism is the key. A Conservative without it becomes a footnote. A Conservative with it has books written about them.

[ansel12]

You said it. Reagan also reached out to Tip O'Neill. He was a pragmatist, when all was said and done.

Not pragmatic enough to get Mitt Romney to vote for him, or to not reject republican registration during Reagan's presidency, in 1989 Romney started fund raising for democrats.