Bob Dole And The Reagan Revolution

CONSERVATIVE critics of Bob Dole fault him for lacking “the vision thing,” the kind of consistent world view that Ronald Reagan demonstrated in 1980. These critics may be right that Dole does not invoke the poetry of a “shining city on a hill,” but they are very wrong in missing his clear, conservative agenda.

Indeed, Dole’s agenda is in some ways more compelling than Reagan’s. In 1980, with the exception of the Kemp-Roth tax cut, the Reagan vision was not spelled out with a Senate and House bill number attached. Bob Dole’s vision and agenda are written down in black and white for all Americans to read, in legislation that Dole has personally co-sponsored, endorsed, and voted for, and in some cases passed through the Senate.

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Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform, a taxpayer organization founded in 1985 at the request of President Ronald Reagan.

CONSERVATIVE critics of Bob Dole fault him for lacking “the vision thing,” the kind of consistent world view that Ronald Reagan demonstrated in 1980. These critics may be right that Dole does not invoke the poetry of a “shining city on a hill,” but they are very wrong in missing his clear, conservative agenda.

Indeed, Dole’s agenda is in some ways more compelling than Reagan’s. In 1980, with the exception of the Kemp-Roth tax cut, the Reagan vision was not spelled out with a Senate and House bill number attached. Bob Dole’s vision and agenda are written down in black and white for all Americans to read, in legislation that Dole has personally co-sponsored, endorsed, and voted for, and in some cases passed through the Senate.