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There is something truly obscene about the full blown assault on Newt Gingrich’s strong Reagan conservative history from and on behalf of Mitt Romney, who unabashedly ran away from the Reagan legacy and conservative principles in his 1994 Senate campaign and 2002 gubernatorial campaign. Truly obscene.The latest iteration comes from Elliott Abrams writing in National Review, quoting pieces of a single speech Newt apparently gave on the floor of the House on March 21, 1986, in which Newt criticized certain foreign policy decisions of the Reagan administration. Abrams does not link to the full speech or to other speeches of...

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, now 90 years young, plays an active role in the frequent events, which she sees as an important ongoing part of the political legacy of her husband. Ronald Reagan was the 40th president. He died in 2004 and is buried a few yards from the auditorium...

Nancy Reagan last night lost her balance and fell as she arrived to watch a speech by Republican freshman senator and Tea Party darling Marco Rubio The frail former First Lady was being escorted to her seat in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California, by Senator Rubio when she lost her footing and took a tumble. Mrs Reagan had asked Senator Rubio to speak at her late husband's presidential library following his election to the U.S. Senate last year. The pair had arrived to a standing ovation, but there were hushed gasps as the 90-year-old, who was...

Enjoy your special day and don't forget to call your mother! We miss having someone in the white house who actually wants the best for our people and respects the Office that you held (and goes to Congress to use our troops in a war, has a budget, gets his high-level staff confirmed by the Senate)

Barack Obama has at least ONE famous Republican supporter ... Nancy Reagan. Nancy Reagan The former First Lady of the United States was leaving Spago with her Secret Service team yesterday when a paparazzo asked, "How do you think Obama's doing now?" Reagan simply replied, "He's doing well." Obama recently announced that he read a book on Ronald ... we're guessing it scored him a few points with the Gipper's wife.

I know that many of you are still celebrating the birthday of the greatest American who ever lived, Ronald Reagan. But this year also marks another important anniversary. Nancy, the woman who was with Reagan from the very begining of his political career, is also having a birthday of her own. She is turning 90 on July 6, 2011. Isn't it great that the Gipper and his wife are celebrating major anniversaries this year? Nancy was with Ronnie when he left the Democratic Party and became a Republican. She stood by his side after the great speech for Goldwater in...

VENTURA, Calif. -- A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Nancy Reagan is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hip at a sheriff's department shooting range. Ventura County sheriff's spokesman Capt. Mike Aranda says the gun went off as the agent was putting it back in its holster Friday at the range in Camarillo. The agent was hospitalized with a non-life-threatening injury to his hip. His name was not released. Nobody else was injured.

. . . (Photoshop by Politico) While President Ronald Reagan's name and visage is being invoked to sell Socialist policies (something that must have him turning in his Simi Valley grave), his own son writes that his father had Alzheimer's disease while still president. Poor Nancy.  This must be developing into an annus horribilus. Here's one way we can let her know that we hold her late husband in higher esteem than this. Send me your personal birthday message to Mrs. Reagan on the occasion of her “Ronnie’s” special day -- his 100th birthday observance coming up on Feb. 6th....

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan announced Monday that the first debate of the 2012 Republican primary contest will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., on May 2, 2011. The debate was announced in November but no date was given until Monday. It will be co-hosted by NBC News’ Brian Williams and POLITICO’s John F. Harris and will air on cable channels MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo. It will also be livestreamed on Politico's website. A Telemundo reporter will join WIlliams and Harris in asking questions. The Reagan Presidential Library was also the scene...

Despite the family feud that has unfolded over the past few days between Ron Reagan and his half-brother Michael, Nancy Reagan said she is very proud of her son for writing his new book "My Father at 100." “She was worried about me. She said ‘Are you alright?’ I said ‘Yeah mom, I’m fine... but they are going to ask me what you think of the book. So what should I say to them,’” Ron Reagan said on “GMA.” “And she said, ‘You tell them that I’ve read it, I loved it, it made me cry and I’m very proud...

With all due respect to Nancy Reagan, her proposal that the first Republican debate of the 2012 season be held at the Reagan Library in the spring of 2011 is worse than a nonstarter. The country needs to focus on the hugely important congressional debates this spring, not on made-for-MSM, liberal-dominated GOP wrestling matches. The idea is itself an insult to conservative activists and new media. A quick rejection by GOP candidates of the presumptuous declaration of inevitability by Politico.com and NBC that they would be in charge would go a long way toward recognizing that these outlets, like most...

Nancy Reagan endorses Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina The Associated Press Wednesday, September 15, 2010; 8:51 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is endorsing California Republican candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina. Whitman and Fiorina announced separately Wednesday that each had received Reagan's endorsement. Reagan issued a statement through Fiorina's campaign saying the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. "knows what needs to be done to move our country forward."

Years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev were sitting in a backyard near Stanford, where Shultz was teaching. The two men discussed what they thought was the turning point in ending the Cold War. Gorbachev said it was two leaders — he and President Ronald Reagan — sitting in a room together, talking. Shultz said it was Reagan’s decision to show military might in 1983 by sending missiles to West Germany. “The strength we put on display was never used,” Shultz said. “Strength works hand in...

Here is video of MSNBC's Chris Matthews last night talking with former First Lady Nancy Reagan by phone on the death of Ted Kennedy. Nancy Reagan said she and former President Ronald Reagan were very close to Kennedy, with her becoming closer in recent years because of their agreement on "stem cells." Matthews pointed out Reagan gave an award to the late Bobby Kennedy's widow, Ethel, that Jimmy Carter had held up. There was always great animosity between the Kennedys and Jimmy Carter. Note: Of course, funding for "Stem Cell Research" using Adult Stem Cells has not been the issue....

Video at the link: This really shouldn't be allowed. In his spare time and while campaigning for various government jobs, Obama often pretends to be Ronald Reagan (minus all the logic, common sense, real solutions or belief in limited government and individual liberty). In the video below, Obama pretends to pay homage to the real thing, while also pretending not to hate Nancy Reagan. It was actually difficult for me to watch. As you can see, Nancy Reagan is on-hand for the act. While not particularly sincere,perhaps it is a better approach than he's used inthe past: Nancy Reagan Says...

President Obama gives Nancy Reagan a kiss after signing the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act into law.

Nancy Reagan: Obama Snubbed Me Former first wife also says in an interview she sees Ronald Reagan's ghost By CAITLIN MILLAT Updated 1:19 PM EDT, Mon, Jun 1, 2009 Related Topics:Nancy Reagan Former First Lady Nancy Reagan said this week that President Barack Obama snubbed her -- and that she still sees the ghost of her late husband Ronald Reagan inside her home. Nancy Reagan told Vanity Fair that Obama missed an opportunity when she wasn't invited to a March ceremony where Obama said he'd allow comprehensive stem-cell research -- but that the commander in chief later apologized for the...

Will Michelle Obama be dropping a thank-you note to to Nia-Malika Henderson? Interviewed on MSNBC today, the Politico reporter dismissed the suggestion that it was a mistake for the First Lady to turn up at a food bank wearing $540 French sneakers. For good measure, Henderson slipped in an invidious comparison with Ronald Reagan’s beloved, referring to her as “Queen Nancy.” Here was the exchange between Henderson and the MSNBC host:

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Republicans on Monday decried President Barack Obama's lifting of the ban on embryonic stem cell research, but former First Lady Nancy Reagan, whose husband had suffered from Alzheimer's disease, welcomed the decision and said she is "grateful" to the President. Obama signed an executive order on Monday reversing the eight-year ban on research using embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent cells that exist only within five days of embryonic development. They have an indefinite capacity for self-renewal, making them ideal for tissue replacement and for treating diseases, including degenerative diseases, spinal cord injuries, diabetes...

I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research," the former first lady said in a statement. "These new rule will now make it possible for scientists to move forward." "Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide," said Reagan, who has long been at odds with other conservative Republicans over the stem cell issue. "We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases -- and soon." Reagan, 87,...

“I’m very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research,” she wrote in a statement released shortly after Obama reversed the Bush administration limits. “These new rules will now make it possible for scientists to move forward. I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers." Reagan continued, “Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and...

Nancy Reagan praises Obama Craig Gordon Craig Gordon 17 mins ago Under fire from congressional Republicans for lifting restrictions on stem-cell research, President Barack Obama got a powerful endorsement for his move Monday from Nancy Reagan, the former’s president’s wife. “I’m very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research,” she wrote in a statement released shortly after Obama signed an executive order lifting the Bush-era restrictions. “These new rules will now make it possible for scientists to move forward. I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available...

Mike Barnicle, come on up here and accept this morning's Lanny Davis Award for shameless defense of the indefensible. You've earned it. Not merely did the Morning Joe panelist excuse Barack Obama's nasty jab at Nancy Reagan, he actually claimed that we need more of those kind of "jokes" from our presidents. Joe Scarborough began the discussion by asserting that whereas mayors, governors and other lesser officials can get away with what Obama said about the former First Lady, it is unbecoming in the mouth of a president. The Morning Joe host also suggested that had George W. Bush made...

Messiah-elect Barack Hussein Obama apologized to Nancy Reagan on Friday after he made joke at Mrs. Reagan’s expense at his first press conference since his November 4th ACORN assisted victory.

FOR MORE than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines. During some of those years, harsh segregation laws lay upon the land. He trekked home every night, his wife Helene keeping him out of her kitchen. At the White House, he worked closer to the dirty dishes than the large desk in the Oval Office. Helene didn't care; she just beamed with pride………. The whole family of President Jimmy Carter made her chuckle: "They were country. And I'm talking Lillian and Rosalynn both." It comes out sounding like the highest compliment....

Message to Scott McClellan: when your guy's gaffe merits a screaming headline at Drudge [see after the jump] about how he's had to apologize for what he said, he's messed up. Big time. But that didn't stop Pres. Bush's former press secretary—turned Soros-paid scrivener—from going on TV and proclaiming that Obama had turned in a flawless performance in his debut presser today as president-elect. McClellan appeared on MSNBC's "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," David Gregory's post-election vehicle taking the place of "Race for the White House." In an odd bit of balance, McClellan, who endorsed Obama, was on with former Clinton press...

President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said. “President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference," said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. "The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation."

Say what you will about President George W. Bush, but I don't recall him ever mocking an elderly widow in his pronouncements. But Barack Obama couldn't get through his first press conference as president-elect without doing just that. Answering a question from Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times as to the presidents he has consulted during the transition, Obama took a gratuitous jab at Nancy Reagan, who was recently released from the hospital after breaking her pelvis in a fall. BARACK OBAMA: In terms of speaking to former presidents, I've spoken to all of them that are living, obviously President...

President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having held "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said.

President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said. “President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference," said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. "The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation."

WASHINGTON – In his preparation to become president, Barack Obama said Friday that he has had discussions with all former presidents — or almost all of them. "I've spoken to all of them that are living," the president-elect said in a lighter moment during his first press conference since his victory. "I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances," he joked.

I guess this is the new and bi-partisan Washington President Elect Obama was talking about... In his first interview since winning the election, Politico reports on the following "Obama was asked at his press conference today if he'd spoken to all the "living" presidents. "I have spoken to all of them who are living," he responded. "I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances." ::Open Mouth, Insert Foot:: I bet you his new staffers were thinking "Perhaps we took him off the teleprompter too soon..."

Barack Obama has called and apologized to former First Lady Nancy Reagan according to Politico.com. Obama made an offhand comment during his news conference today about Nancy Reagan having held "seances" in the White House: President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said. “President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference," said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. "The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so...

Say what you will about President George W. Bush, but I don't recall him ever mocking an elderly widow in his pronouncements. But Barack Obama couldn't get through his first press conference as president-elect without doing just that. Answering a question from Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times as to the presidents he has consulted during the transition, Obama took a gratuitous jab at Nancy Reagan. BARACK OBAMA: In terms of speaking to former presidents, I've spoken to all of them that are living, obviously President Clinton--I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing...

If Obama were a comedian, I guess I'd understand, but this guy is now our president-elect. And he has no class at all. Even worse, he promised to unite the country. This is more of an embarrassment, in my opinion, than any of the many gaffes that President Bush made.

Fox News is reporting that our beloved Nancy Reagan is in the hospital for treatment of a broken hip

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is not attending this week’s Republican convention but her son, Ron, is. Newsweek.com’s Tammy Haddad and her TamCam caught up with the son of the Republican icon. You can watch it HERE and hear Reagan describe his mother’s fondness for the current Democratic nominee. “John McCain and my mother have known each for years and years. Her parents, and Cindy McCain’s parents go way back in Phoenix, Arizona. She’s grateful to John McCain for standing with her on the issue of stem cells and, of course, has officially endorsed him. She’s fine with John McCain,...

Outside her Bel-Air home, Nancy Reagan stood arm in arm with John McCain and offered a significant -- but less than exuberant -- endorsement. "Ronnie and I always waited until everything was decided, and then we endorsed," the Republican matriarch said in March. "Well, obviously this is the nominee of the party." They were the only words she would speak during the five-minute photo op. In a written statement, she described McCain as "a good friend for over 30 years." But that friendship was strained in the late 1970s by McCain's decision to divorce his first wife, Carol, who was...

Outside her Bel-Air home, Nancy Reagan stood arm in arm with John McCain and offered a significant -- but less than exuberant -- endorsement. "Ronnie and I always waited until everything was decided, and then we endorsed," the Republican matriarch said in March. "Well, obviously this is the nominee of the party." They were the only words she would speak during the five-minute photo op. In a written statement, she described McCain as "a good friend for over 30 years." But that friendship was strained in the late 1970s by McCain's decision to divorce his first wife, Carol, who was...

Telethon Breaks Records, Troops to Receive Largest Care Package Delivery in History Written by Melanie Morgan    Friday, 27 June 2008 The telethon exceeded my wildest expectations. I thought that if we were really lucky, really good, caught some major breaks -we might raise $400,000- tops. Instead, the final tally on the electronic tote board was $1,055,719. In reality, the total far exceeds the final number. The response was so overwhelming that our website could not keep up with the orders. When all is said and done, I am guessing that Move America Forward will have collected about  1.2...

I'm indebted to Hillary Clinton for the revelation that my global wanderings when my dad was president qualify me to run for the presidency myself. Mrs. Clinton has been insisting that her global junkets as first lady, and her meetings with foreign leaders, qualify her to be president of these United States. I never thought of it that way, but if she is correct then I am eminently qualified to follow my father's footsteps and take up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., not merely as a member of the president's family, but as president in my own right. Hillary, who...

The “foot soldier” in the Reagan revolution is set to receive the endorsement of Nancy Reagan today while he’s campaigning in California. According to a report by The Associated Press, Mrs. Reagan — who sat through the G.O.P. debates at her husband’s library and listened to the candidates invoke the former president’s name umpteen times — decided not to wait until after the Republican convention this summer. Her statement reads: John McCain has been a good friend for over thirty years. My husband and I first came to know him as a returning Vietnam War POW, and were impressed by...

Former first lady Nancy Reagan was expected to be released from the hospital Monday after spending a precautionary night there for a fall she took in her Bel-Air home.

Nancy Reagan hospitalized after falling 1 minute ago Nancy Reagan's spokeswoman says the former first lady is staying overnight in the hospital after falling in her home in Bel-Air. Spokeswoman Joanne Drake says the 87-year-old Reagan was taken to St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica for examination Sunday. Doctors determined she did not break a hip as feared. Drake says Reagan is staying in the same room where former President Ronald Reagan stayed after he broke his hip at home in 2001. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below....

EXCLUSIVE: NANCY REAGAN FOR MCCAIN, TOP SOURCE TELLS DRUDGE: 'SHE ADORES HIM, AND IS FULLY SUPPORTING HIM IN HER PRIVATE LIFE. SHE WILL NOT PUBLICLY ENDORSE'...

24 years later, recipient of crucial heart surgery gets to thank Nancy Reagan BY RICK COCA, Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY - When 4-year-old Lee Kil Woo walked onto the White House lawn after arriving on Air Force One in November 1983, he had no idea first lady Nancy Reagan had arranged for him and Ahn Ji Sook, 7, to come to the United States from South Korea to undergo life-saving heart surgeries. In the years since, his understanding and appreciation over that act of kindness grew, and he wanted to say thank you. So two years ago, he started researching...

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan issued the following statement Sunday on the death of Merv Griffin: "This is heartbreaking, not just for those of us who loved Merv personally, but for everyone around the world who has known Merv through his music, his television shows and his business. "Ronnie and I knew Merv for more years than I can even remember -- more than fifty, I'm sure. He was a dear, dear friend and we became even closer in the last fifteen years. He was there for me on some of the hardest days when Ronnie was fighting Alzheimer's and...

The way to cure the China syndrome is to stop buying the crap that China is sending over here.