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Recalling Reagan and Reagan's words is wonderful! However, we must remember that President Reagan's strength now can be seen to have its roots in his own personal study and understanding of the Founding ideas of liberty as articulated in the speeches and writings of the Founders. We must, as Reagan did, immerse ourselves in a first-hand understanding of those ideas--not merely relying on Reagan's use of them during his lifetime.

My belief is that if those who treasure liberty and who firmly believe in preserving it would use the very succinct and clear words of America's Founders about the nature of liberty and tyranny, even our dumbed-down generations would understand their ideas.

The Founders debated great principles. They did not get bogged down in issues-based arguments. So-called "progressives" can be defeated in debates about principles, because they do not have in-depth understanding of them. They win arguments about "issues."

Conservatives must begin to have principles-based debate, and this is a principles-based moment in the history of America.

It's not about health care. It's not about the auto industry, or the banking establishment. It's about liberty for individuals in a society versus tyrannical government control over the livelihoods and life and death decisions of each of those citizens.

Can anyone who reads Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Madison, or any other Founders actually believe their Constitution allows the principles of the Declaration to be violated in such a way by those elected to positions of power in government?

Any citizen whose passion is liberty should not be tricked into accepting such "compromises" of their liberty. There is a time and place when liberty is so threatened that, on behalf of our posterity, we should stand and declare to our elected officials in both Parties:

"This is a matter of principle. It is not negotiable. Stop taking away our Creator-endowed rights to be free to succeed or fail. Stop your arrogance in believing your were elected to take what we work hard to earn and "redistribute" it in the name of "compassionate conservatism" (R) or "economic justice" (D). Such redistribution of our earnings is neither compassionate nor does it do "justice."! It is "legalized theft," which our Constitution was never intended to protect.

Whether future generations enjoy the liberty we inherited depends on what we do now.

She is exactly correct that we are back where we were.

The stuffed elephant in the room is this: we are back where we were because almost ALL of Reagan’s gains and accomplishments have been frittered away, dismantled or mothballed during the watch of the kinder, gentler, compassionate conservatives. Deliberately and by design.

We must dig out the Rockefeller roots this time. Cutting is not enough to be rid of the weed. If we don’t, years later we will be back here AGAIN.