"What we forget about Ronald Reagan is that he was a practical politician. Ideological? Yes, but only to a degree. A party disciplinarian? Yes, but the main discipline he imposed was to dictate that “thou shalt not speak ill of any other Republican” - something that came to be known as the 11th Commandment.
He had started as a Democrat, and, even after he made the transition to the Republican Party, his role model remained Franklin D. Roosevelt. Republicans forgave him for it. Winners have a tendency to be forgiven."
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