WWRD?

“Utah GOP group disinvites Glenn Reynolds from speech because of Reynolds’ support for gay rights,” Twitchy.com reports today.

But what would Reagan do?

“The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor.” Said by Ronald Reagan “as chastisement to his staff for canceling an opponent’s meeting with then Governor Reagan. Quoted on KCBS radio in 1972 by Reagan’s gubernatorial chief of staff,” according to Famous Quotes from 100 Great People.

As the Professor asks in his post announcing the Utah GOP’s decision, the party faces an existential question right now: does it want to be a big tent or a teepee?