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01/17/2005 Archived Entry: "The Liberal Case"

Posted by antle @ 12:09 AM EST [Link]

THE LIBERAL CASE FOR REAGAN-BUSH: Chris Suellentrop argued last week over at Slate that liberals should hope that George W. Bush governs like Ronald Reagan - tough conservative in the first term, foreign-policy peacemaker in the second.

It's an interesting piece, but it sort of misses the point about Reagan. His willingness to risk confrontation with the Soviets and also hold successful, peaceful negotiations with them was complementary, not contradictory.