re: What Would Reagan Think of Trump?

Reagan had a commandment that he lived by: Do not speak ill of another Republican. Mainly because he was always riding high in the polls in 1980. The fight was always for second place.

What I have never gotten is the vitriolic white hot hate for Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. Ryan was a weak Speaker and probably in over his head no matter who was President. But like Boehner, he constantly had to deal with guys who went further right than what he was used to. But, in the beginning he got Trump's initial agenda passed.

McConnell had always been on Trumo's side while he had the power and even after as he dealt with a 50/50 Senate.He had to make deals to peel off a Democrat or two because he had Biden as the tie breaker. But he got Trump EVERYTHING he wanted....EVERYTHING until Jan. 6 and even then he made sure that there were enough votes to thwart a conviction.

From 2018 on McConnell suffered from the fact that he was no longer majority leader and therefore had to use parliamentary procedure to muddle things.....but he still got Trump Amy Coney Barrett. Instead of vilifying the Turtle he should thank God he had a guy who knew politics and how to play the game by the rules in place.