Right and Ron : Republicans long for a new Reagan.

Opinion Journal ^ | January.17,2006 | BRENDAN MINITER

[Reagan Man]

When Rep. John Shadegg jumped into the race for House majority leader last week, he called himself a "Reaganite" who would bring back the Gipper's vision of limited government. Rep. John Boehner, also running for majority leader, is sounding a similar note, quoting the 40th president extensively in his 37-page proposal on how to get the party back on track.

It's telling that now, five years into the second Bush presidency, conservatives are still looking for the next Ronald Reagan to champion their ideas in Washington.

Both Messrs. Boehner and Shadegg are promising to bring Reagan back because over the past five years the party appears to have been seduced by the very forces it came to Washington to overturn--rampant spending with expansive new federal entitlements.

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Of course, limited government wasn't original to Reagan, and many of his ideas are inherent in President Bush's governing philosophy, such as combating the nation's enemies by spreading freedom around the world. But it was Reagan who branded these ideas into the nation's consciousness by using them to remake one of the two dominant political parties. And it was Reagan who proved to be the change agent in Washington.

[Galveston Grl]

The Regan Democrats were Catholics and other social conservatives who were tired of the social abuse of leftists. Yes, Conservatives will accept them; but will the libertarians/Rinos?

[TexanToTheCore]

"As of today, the elapsed time since 9/11 is eight months longer than the time between Pearl Harbor and V-J Day"


Well, I think you will find that were fighting Japanese holdouts for about 5 years in Japan.

In Germany, the insurgents were active for three years.

In Russia, the russian Civil War ended in 1921 and the last white Russians were killed in action in 1953.

Our experience in Iraq is not at all unusual.