Gingrich: The Coming Shock Therapy for Congress

Republicans will need to relearn everything Reagan taught them about curbing government power.

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President Reagan and Speaker O'Neill at the oval office in 1985. Via Wikimedia Commons

The pressures to change Washington and dismantle the left-wing establishment have been growing since 1964. That’s when Ronald Reagan gave his nationally televised “Time for Choosing“ speech on behalf of Senator Goldwater. Twenty years later, Reagan carried all but one state, having passed a three-year tax cut, stripped away regulations, and slowed down spending.

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