It has been noted now by many commentators that former President Ronald Reagan would probably not be accepted into today’s Tea Party becausse the Republican party in general and the Tea Party in particular has moved so far right and also practices a different brand of conservatism. Is that a fair statement or not? Here’s a roundup of varying views.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.