The thoughtless version of Reaganism doesn't take sufficient account of how circumstances in the country have changed in the last 30 years.
At the end of the day, President Ronald Reagan Reagan's achievements are momentous and should be acknowledged as such by all Republican factions, writes Rich Lowry.Presumably, Donald Trump will never produce the dark secrets promised about Ron DeSantis' past. But his team thinks it already has one -- the Florida governor once was a Reagan Republican.
This way of thinking in a Republican primary is something new. Once, pretty much every Republican wanted to be a Reagan Republican. If the Trump camp gets its way, Reaganism will have gone from passé in 2016 to an affirmative vulnerability in 2024. He was a free trader, yet acted to protect American automakers and Harley-Davidson from Japanese imports.
At the end of the day, Reagan's achievements are momentous and should be acknowledged as such by all Republican factions. He set the predicate for winning the Cold War. He slayed inflation. He ended the energy crisis. He forced a turn to the center by the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton. He changed the mood of the country.The thoughtless version of Reaganism doesn't take sufficient account of how circumstances in the country have changed in the last 30 years. Take taxes.
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