New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said “2015 reminds me of 1979” and, according to a report on NJ.com, recently named Reagan six times in a minute.
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That’s how grim things look at this point in the Republican presidential campaign – my only solace is hoping that only half the people in the audience will remain on the Trump bandwagon.
Mr. Shirley adds, “But if any of these candidates thinks it was every easy for Reagan, they have much to learn”.
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But Kasich and the other GOP presidential candidates at Wednesday’s debate in the Air Force One pavilion of the Reagan library north of Los Angeles should be careful not to overdo the name-dropping, says Kenneth L. Khachigian, Reagan’s speechwriter who is now a lawyer in San Clemente, Calif.
Immigration has become a hot topic for Republican politics after front-runner Donald Trump made his controversial comments labeling Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and criminals and many candidates have stepped up their anti-immigration rhetoric in response to Trump’s popularity. “We’re going to get them the hell out of our country”. Will it be Carson, whose quiet style has won him a sizable following and strong momentum, particularly among evangelical voters?
In the ad, actors read lines said by Trump, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, and Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana about undocumented immigrants. It will be preceded by a debate between the four Republican contenders who did not qualify for the prime-time gathering.
The first time I rode a press charter was during President George W. Bush’s administration. This drew protests from Carly Fiorina, who was widely seen as the victor of the August 6 undercard debate, which resulted in a polling surge for her in the weeks that followed. The end of the current fundraising quarter is September 30, so some of the big-name candidates need to use this debate to persuade donors they’ve got a chance. Frustration is building.
Of course, Reagan was not just an ideologue; he had a pragmatic streak that allowed him to cut deals with Democratic foes on Capitol Hill.
The club advises: “In honor of the candidates the Club is offering the following cocktails: The Rand (Bourbon and branch water), The Rubio (Cuba Libre), The Cruz (Canadian Club), The Huckabee (Diet Coke), The Walker (Miller), The Dr. Carson (Bloody Mary), The Trump (Corona), The Jeb!” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz believes America is cursed now, as then, by a “feckless, naive foreign policy” and a sense its power is waning in the world.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker once said Reagan’s firing of striking air traffic controllers was “the most significant foreign policy decision” of his lifetime, because it sent a message to the rest of the world not to mess with the new US president.
By contrast, of today’s GOP candidates, only Bush appears to be genuinely open to a path to legal status that would not require some sort of undefined state of absolute border security to be attained first.
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