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In an interview with Newsmax, former president Bill Clinton offered good advice to Republicans. He said Republicans need to shake off the "party of no" image and get positive. Clinton raised the Republican's 1994 "Contract with America" as an example of the kind of thing that needs to be done. By devising and running on the "Contract", a ten point agenda for reform, Republicans successfully transformed negative sentiment toward Democrats -- much of it driven by the rejection of "Hillarycare", big government-centered health care reform similar to what Democrats are now pushing - to positive support for a Republican alternative.
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Huckabee shows Republicans the way
Summers, since your dog is black, I guess I better not criticize him, eh?
As for Reagan, it's hard to know "WWRD"... On the one hand, he spoke forcefully on party loyalty. On the other hand, he left the Democrat party for the GOP in 1962, saying "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me." I contend that the GOP is now more liberal than the Democrats were in 1962, when they had a president who stood up to tyrants and cut taxes.
Reagan, of course, was narrowly defeated by Ford in the 1976 primary. He endorsed Ford, and campaigned for him some - but apparently not very enthusiastically.
I do know that Reagan endorsed Ike &...