Of course the Republicans have a "big tent"....and so do the Dems.
Re my statement:
Ron Paul actively tried to scuttle Ronald Reagan's candidacy and your question about that....I'm going to send two posts...first this one...from both Ron Paul's info from Wiki with links, and then from Ron Paul's own website Republican Liberty Caucus....
>>>>>Paul was honorary chair of, and is a current member of, the Republican Liberty Caucus, a political action committee which describes its goal as electing "liberty-minded, limited-government individuals".[86] Paul also hosts a luncheon every Thursday as chair of the Liberty Caucus, composed of 20 members of Congress. Washington DC area radio personality Johnny "Cakes" Auville gave Paul the idea for the Liberty Caucus and is a regular contributing member.[7] He is a founding member of the Congressional Rural Caucus, which deals with agricultural and rural issues, and the 140-member Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus.[87] He remains on good terms with the Libertarian Party and addressed its 2004 convention.[88] He also was endorsed by the Constitution Party's 2004 presidential candidate, Michael Peroutka.[89]<<<<<<
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>>>>>As the 1980s played out shock and disappointment permeated the Libertarian Party, which lost membership in a continuing struggle against having the rhetoric it had generated appear over and over again in the speeches of Ronald Reagan. Reagan, who called himself a Conservative, had been denounced as nothing of the kind by the group which had originally worked to get him the Governorship in California, United Republicans of California [5]. In 1975 they passed a resolution [6] asking Americans not to vote for Reagan if he ran for President. In 2007 Connie Ruffley,CEO of UROC, mailed the only remaining copy of the resolution to Melinda Pillsbury-Foster to be rekeyed and placed on the Internet, where it can be viewed today. <<<<<
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