the 11th commandment attributed to reagan is merely a hiding place for liberal republicans to avoid having their liberalism brought to light.
If you really want to talk about what reagan felt, read this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735897/posts
“I don ‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”—when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.”
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“I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.”