It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed.

There are people who are trying to advance themselves by wrapping themselves in Reagan.

Ronald Reagan felt very great regret about the deficits to which he contributed on his watch.

Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years as president. Why? He was a pragmatist, not doctrinaire. He saw problems emerging, and when his policies faltered he changed his views. Flexibility, not rigidity.

Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mamas boy and he said no, more of a papas boy. At the same time he was willing to say that his father had many shortcomings and needed to be held accountable.

I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated.

Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons.