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What Reagan Could Tell the Right

In slamming health-care reform, GOP leaders proudly claim the mantle of Ronald Reagan. Yet they’re ignoring how Reagan deftly distanced himself from the far right.

Matthew Dallek
Matthew Dallek
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Matthew Dallek

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