Has Reagan has now become a RINO?

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsay Graham has said in the Tea Party climate, “Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican”.

In fact, the real Reagan, a man who was politically and ideologically pragmatic, probably wouldn’t even win fourth place in a Tea Party era straw poll.

Reagan the actor is readily used to play the starring role in the Tea Party legend.

But if the Republican Party keeps descending toward its radical rightward tilt, even the fictionalized ultra-conservative super-hero version of Reagan may be too moderate for the Republican extremists to worship.