claim: a new republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the gop) kicking out ronald reagan."
author: keith olbermann
evidence_1: feb 8, 2011 ... ronald reagan would have been 100 this month. .... new republican litmus test  "would have resulted in (the gop) kicking out ronald reagan.
evidence_2: nov 30, 2009 ... olbermann: reagan would fail gop's new purity test ... in a similar vein, last  week, keith olbermann dissected the new republican purity test and found that  st. ronnie reagan would have ... chosen would have resulted in them kicking  out ronald reagan. ... who else would fail the reagan litmus test?
evidence_3: dec 1, 2009 ... by olbermann's count, the late conservative icon would have scored a measly  four out of 10 -- just half of the eight he would have needed to ... national  committee would deny party funding to any gop candidate who bucks the ....  nevada · new hampshire · new york · north carolina · ohio · rhode island ...
evidence_4: "don't ask, don't tell" (dadt) was the official united states policy on military  service by gays, ... president barack obama, secretary of defense leon panetta,  and chairman of the ... department of the air force; 3.3 log cabin republicans v . ..... statement that he would use support for ending dadt as a "litmus test" when  ...
evidence_5: jul 9, 2015 ... dispirited party elders, worried that republicans are handing democratic rivals ...  what donald trump would need to do to win ... wehner, a former official in the  administrations of presidents ronald reagan and george w. bush. ... mr. trump  reached out to a new york times reporter thursday morning to ...