More than two decades after he exited the political stage and rode off into the California sunset, President Ronald Reagan continues to spark passionate debate about his policy achievements, foreign policy, and political legacy. "Ronald Reagan was a great president, and he will be remembered in history for one thing, winning the Cold War," exclaimed Reagan biographer Lou Cannon to a standing room only crowd of more than 500 students, scholars and Reagan admirers, who came to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on February 2 for a discussion led by legendary journalist and author Tom Brokaw…….
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Reeves on KPCC – Tuscon
Richard Reeves, CCLP Senior Fellow, was interviewed on 89.3 KPCC after the tragic shooting death in Tuscon, AZ. Reeves' storied past a political journalist allowed for him to bring weight to the conversation questioning the rancorous atmosphere of political discourse that has blamed following the events earlier this month. Full audio of the interview can be heard here…….
Reeves: Republicans still hold true to Reagan ideals
In conjunction with the upcoming Ronald Reagan Centennial Academic Symposium, CCLP is set to release a new white paper by Senior Fellow Richard Reeves on the construction of Ronald Reagan's legacy. Reeves argues that the Great Communicator's mark on American politics is still being felt today, as Reagan remains the "nucleus" of the modern conservative movement. "American conservatism was constructed like an atom," says Reeves in an article in USA Today. "You had all of these energetic electrons, as it were, spinning wildly around — the religious, financial, nationalistic conservatives, and the old-fashioned New York banker conservatives — often despising……
Glickman on Fox DC – “Changes in Congress”
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman appeared on the Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. and discussed the challenges that are likely to face Congress in 2011, especially with the dramatic changes brought about by the midterm elections. Video of Glickman can be found here…….
Year End Success… Our Government Can Actually Work. Is Nirvana Here?
It is amazing what a deadline can do to focus the hearts and minds of our government. In the final days of the lame-duck session, Congress passed and sent to the president a major piece of tax and economic stimulus legislation, including the extension of unemployment benefits; the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', the nearly 20-year old Pentagon policy; historic food safety legislation; and the landmark START Treaty on nuclear weapons reduction. Most importantly, all were passed with bipartisan support. Maybe one of the lessons of all of this is to shorten the congressional session to one month per……
A Third Party
WASHINGTON — It may not get much done, but the first session of the 112th Congress, convening in January, will be fun to watch. The most interesting commentary on the 2010 midterm elections was from Republican partisans and their Tea Party cousins as they rhetorically, warily circled each other on the morning after. The man who managed Senator-elect Rand Paul's primary campaign in Kentucky, David Adams, had this to say: "I'm hoping for a lot of fireworks in Washington over who takes control of who. If Republican leaders think for a minute they're going to suck us in and continue……
Hollihan in SacBee on debates
Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan was quoted in The Sacramento Bee that the gubernatorial debate between candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown "probably the most significant event leading up to the election." Hollihan believes that this debate will be the deciding factor for many of California's uncommitted voters…….
Reeves on YahooNews with Patronage Op-ed
Richard Reeves, Senior Fellow, published an op-ed on Yahoo! News about financial patronage in Washington, D.C. and the damage that it cause the credibility of the candidates for office. "It is not really politicians running the country and it is not ideologues," says Reeves. "The new bosses are corporate and bipartisan." The full article can be read here…….
Laughing at Democracy at the Mall
Marty Kaplan is one smart guy. He is now the director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment and society at the Annenberg School of the University of Southern California. The rest of his resume is embarrassing to the rest of us: He graduated summa cum laude in molecular biology from Harvard, received a first in English at Cambridge, earned a Ph.D. in modern thought from Stanford and, as a vice president of Disney, wrote a movie for Eddie Murphy. He has this theory about entertainment taking over the news, even the world. At the blackboard, he……
Campaign advertising is now reaching into the voting booth
Photo credit: secretlondon on FlickrWASHINGTON — Political advertising is reaching into polling places and even into the voting booth. That is one of three trends for 2010 campaign advertising identified by Peter Greenberger, Google's head of Public Sector Ad Sales. What's that, you say? Politicking is not allowed within 100 feet of polling places? How quaint. How very 20th century. Once again the law governs atoms, not bits…….