John Avlon on CNN.com: Tea Party Wouldn't Support 'Civil' Reagan Today

Matthew Balan
July 27th, 2010 7:31 PM
The Daily Beast's John Avlon tried to sever the Tea Party movement from the conservative legacy of Ronald Reagan in a Tuesday column on CNN.com. Avlon, a Tea Party hater, opined that a "key difference between Reagan's rhetoric and [the tea party] is the comparative civility," and suggested that "Reagan...would have a hard time getting the GOP nomination today" for apparently not being…