Steve
2009-05-23 22:48:34
The so-called blue-blood Republicans have never been very comfortable with conservatives. Ronald Reagan is universally loved and revered by Republicans today, but he was really not at all popular with the Republican establishment in the 1970′s. At the time they pretty much viewed him as an interloper and rabble rouser. He didn’t become popular with them until after he won the presidential election.
