[SoConPubbie]

Reagan also said, The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally – not a 20 percent traitor.”

That is only half the story where Reagan is concerned, and I think you know it.

Reagan was adamantly opposed, and publically stated it, to moderates being in charge of the leadership of the GOP.

“Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pastels, but bold colors, which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?” - Ronald Reagan Speech to CPAC, March 1, 1975

[Texan5]

“Reagan was adamantly opposed, and publically stated it, to moderates being in charge of the leadership of the GOP”.

And rightly so, I think-while everyone is used to the saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend-the opposite corollary, the friend of my enemy is my enemy is just as true, and deserves just as much consideration, especially when you have those we elected to stop/block the waste of OUR money agreeing to write a blank check instead...