Out Quote by Richard Painter

Back in 1980, the conservative movement was all-in for Ronald Reagan. Once Reagan won, they all wanted to be on the team. It was…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Why did the grown-ups and designated drivers on the left manage to remain more or less in charge of their followers, while the reality-based…

— Kurt Andersen

There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a…

— Jimmy Carter

When Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush in 1980, it was a clear signal that he was running an inclusive campaign; that he welcomed…

— Jeff Greenfield

The Republican Party has pretty much abandoned any pretense of being a traditional political party. It's in lockstep obedience to the very rich, the…

— Noam Chomsky

The Republican Party has moved substantially to the right of where Reagan was.

— H. W. Brands

Movement Conservatism was a fringe force from the 1950s until the 1980s, when voters elected Movement Conservative Ronald Reagan to the White House. But…

— Heather Cox Richardson

We think the Republicans are the ones who started this fundamentalist religion claptrap, you know? It was Jimmy Carter. He's the one who talked…

— Robert Scheer

Growing up in the 1980s, I remember when the GOP was the party of ideas. Now it's brain dead.

— Max Boot

Once upon a time the Conservative party was a broad church which embraced a range of views.

— Caroline Lucas

“But for a younger generation of conservative operatives who would soon rise to power... They were true believers who meant what they said, whether…

— Barack Obama

“The results of these efforts became visible in 1980. At the top of the ticket, Reagan, a movement conservative, overwhelmingly defeated Carter. Conservatives, whose…

— Jane Mayer