Much has been written about the rightward shift of the GOP — and the fact that Republican deity Ronald Reagan wouldn’t fit in with the modern, tea party-fueled Republican agenda. But on the day of the big GOP presidential debate at the Reagan Library, the Los Angeles Times‘ Mark Barabak offers one of the most succinct looks at the modern myth of Regan as unbending conservative stalwart and the reality of a president that got things done by bending and compromising.
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