2012 Presidential Campaign Blog

Gatorworks Hired To Redesign RonaldReagan.com

Gatorworks Hired to Redesign RonaldReagan.com

Gatorworks, the award-winning web design team from Baton Rouge, recently redesigned the website for former President Ronald Reagan: www.RonaldReagan.com. The website will be used to help promote the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference and Reagan Centennial Celebration to be held in New Orleans later this year.
 
The conference is billed as the most prominent Republican event prior to the next national convention. Top Republican law makers from around the country are expected to be at the conference in June 2011.

Gerald Ford 1976 TV Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan Speaking About the Republican Party Platform #Reagan100

Ronald Reagan 1980 Presidential Campaign Announcement Video, November 13, 1979

Illinois Republicans To Commemorate Reagan's 100th Birthday

Illinois Republicans to Commemorate Reagan's 100th Birthday

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady today announced that the state party will host a special tribute to Ronald Reagan in honor of the late President’s 100th birthday. The event is planned for February 6, 2011 in Chicago.

“This will be a great time to celebrate the birthday of Ronald Wilson Reagan, our nation’s 40th President,” said Brady. “Reagan was born in Tampico in 1911, grew up in Dixon and later attended Eureka College. Illinois was pivotal in shaping his values and his vision.”

Brady said that former gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski will chair the event and that former Reagan Administration officials are among the many dignitaries that will be invited. “This is a perfect time to recall Reagan’s legacy,” said Andrzejewski. “In our world of growing deficits, excessive government spending and high unemployment, we could use some of Reagan’s spirit once again.”

Reagan left Illinois in 1937, moving to California to take up acting. He got his start in politics while serving as spokesman for General Electric. He was originally a Democrat but switched to the Republican Party in 1962.

After serving two terms as Governor of California, Reagan unsuccessfully tried to run for the White House in 1968 and again in 1976. He won the GOP nomination and the election in 1980 and was re-elected in 1984, winning Illinois both times.

Further details about the Reagan celebration will be announced at ReaganCentury.com as they become available.

Gov. Sarah Palin To Headline Iowa GOP’s Ronald Reagan Dinner

Gov. Sarah Palin to Headline Iowa GOP’s Ronald Reagan Dinner
“Salute to Freedom” Event, Friday, September 17

DES MOINES – Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today announced Governor Sarah Palin will be the Party’s special guest at the upcoming Reagan Dinner: A Salute to Freedom.

“The Iowa GOP is pleased that Gov. Palin is traveling to Iowa to join the battle to return principled, conservative leadership to Iowa,” said Chairman Strawn. “Our economic and personal freedoms are under attack in Washington, DC and Des Moines. I know Iowa Republicans will be energized and motivated by Gov. Palin to stand up and fight for these principles all the way to Election Day and beyond.”

The Reagan Dinner: A Salute to Freedom will take place the evening of Friday, September 17 in Des Moines. The exact time and location will be announced closer to the event. Tickets for the Reagan Dinner are $100 each, or $1,000 for a table of eight.

Strawn noted that while the former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential nominee is popular among Iowans, the current economy is challenging for many Iowa families who may wish to attend. That is why the Iowa GOP is offering Iowans an opportunity to volunteer through any of its ten statewide Victory Centers in exchange for a ticket to the Ronald Reagan “Salute to Freedom” Dinner.  For additional details regarding volunteer opportunities, Iowans should contact their local Iowa GOP Victory Center in: Ames, Cedar Falls, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Iowa City, Marion, Mason City, Ottumwa, Sioux City and Urbandale.

Tickets can be reserved by emailing RSVP@IowaGOP.org or by calling 515-282-8105.

Mitt Romney Will Deliver The Annual Reagan Lecture At The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library On May 25, 2010 #gomitt

Mitt Romney Will Deliver The Annual Reagan Lecture At The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library On Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will deliver the annual Reagan Lecture at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 25, 2010.  Tickets for the lecture are $125 and include dinner.*  For more information, please call 805-522-2977.  To purchase tickets, please see below.

Governor Romney will also be signing copies of his latest book, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness (Release date: March 2, 2010) from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  In his latest book, Governor Romney proposes simple solutions to rebuild industry, create good jobs, reduce out of control spending on entitlements and healthcare, dramatically improve education, and restore a military battered by eight years of war.   To accommodate as many people as possible, Governor Romney will only be signing copies of No Apology (no past books, letters, postcards, shirts, etc) and will not pose for photographs (candid photos only).  Books must be purchased in the Reagan Library Museum Store to receive signature.  

To guarantee a signed book, and so that you do not need to wait in line, books may be pre-purchased with his signature on a Reagan Library book plate and picked up the day of the event.  Again, these books will be pre-signed.

May 25, 2010

Annual Reagan Lecture with Mitt Romney

3:30 p.m. Book Signing
6:00 p.m. Lecture
7:00 p.m. Dinner

GE Announced As Presenting Sponsor Of The Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Announces GE as Presenting Sponsor of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration
$15 Million to Celebrate President Reagan’s Roots as a Leader at GE

Los Angeles, CA‐‐ The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and GE announced today a partnership supporting the two‐year‐long celebration for President Reagan’s 100th birthday on February 6, 2011. GE, where Reagan hosted General Electric Theater and served as a goodwill ambassador from 1954 to 1962, will serve as the Presenting Sponsor of the historic Reagan Centennial Celebration.

“Looking back now, I realize it wasn’t a bad apprenticeship for someone who’d someday enter public life,” President Reagan wrote in his memoirs, “. . . the GE tours became almost a graduate course in political science.”

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan said, “I want to personally thank Jeff Immelt and everyone at General Electric who did so much for my husband. The opportunity to represent GE back in the 1950’s, and the encouragement he received from the employees he met along the way, really launched Ronnie’s career in public service. I know he would be honored by this tribute.” GE’s participation as Presenting Sponsor of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration includes:

• $10 Million in the form of cash, advertising and promotion to support the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, including funds to support the completely transformed,
state‐of‐the‐art Museum at the Reagan Library that will be unveiled on February 5, 2011. This will include a new General Electric Theater that will focus on Reagan’s career
in radio, television, and film.

• An additional $5 million to the Reagan Presidential Foundation to launch and support the GE‐Reagan Scholars Program, an effort that will begin in 2011 and that will provide
200 four‐year college scholarships over the next decade to deserving students who embody the vision and values personified by President Reagan.

• A donation to the Reagan Foundation of 208 restored episodes of General Electric Theater in which Ronald Reagan hosted or appeared from 1954‐1962. The episodes,
many of which were thought to be lost and some of which were damaged, were recently uncovered in GE/NBC Universal archives and restored to broadcast quality for purposes of the renovated Reagan Museum.

• An ad campaign and interactive Internet presence located at www.ge.com/reagan to promote the Centennial and honor President Reagan’s service to our nation and time
with GE. TV, radio and print advertisements in support of the Centennial that will remind audiences of Reagan’s optimistic spirit as well as his legacy at both GE and as
President can be found on this site.

• A series of public affairs lectures with Reagan‐era luminaries that will focus on President Reagan’s legacy and qualities as a leader. The events will take place at venues
around the country with details to be announced in the coming months.
GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said, “GE has been associated with many exceptional leaders over the years, and we are proud to count Ronald Reagan among them. President Reagan helped our company expand its reach during a golden age of American technological progress. He
embodied the optimistic and innovative spirit of our company, and later successfully carried those qualities with him to the White House. We are proud to honor the 100th anniversary of Reagan’s birth and believe, as President Reagan did, that America’s best days are still ahead of her.”

From 1954 through 1962, Ronald Reagan worked for GE as host of a weekly television series, General Electric Theater, and traveled as a GE spokesman to 139 GE plants meeting more than 250,000 employees. As part of each episode, Reagan highlighted the work of these employees by promoting GE products like automatic dishwashers and electric can openers, products that were transforming American homes with the era’s emerging technologies. Reagan punctuated each spot with GE’s tag line at the time: “Progress is Our Most Important Product.”

“We are proud to be standing with an organization that facilitated a laboratory for learning so many of the values Ronald Reagan drew from as President – leadership, entrepreneurism, and optimism to name a few,” said Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., Chairman of the Reagan Foundation’s Board of Trustees. “It is a testament to those enduring principles that GE remains as much a part of the American fabric today as it was when President Reagan began work there in 1954.”

In addition to the events, initiatives, and programs planned for the Centennial, the Reagan Presidential Foundation today also unveiled its “Reagan Centennial Legacy Campaign,” an effort to leave a number of lasting contributions that will benefit working Americans and aspiring students long after the 100th birthday celebration is over. Ronald Reagan always believed that America’s best days were ahead. As part of his Centennial Celebration, imaginative and forward‐leaning companies like GE are launching initiatives to invest in education, entrepreneurs, and the next generation of leaders that are at the heart of the American economy. GE is the first to respond to the Reagan Centennial Legacy Campaign, and has done so in a significant way by donating $5 million in college scholarship funds.

“The college scholarship funds provided by GE today are going to make a positive difference in the lives of hundreds of aspiring students,” said John Heubusch, executive director of the Reagan Foundation. “This is precisely the type of corporate leadership and vision President Reagan encouraged and his Foundation is pleased to team up with GE as a founding partner in this effort.”

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Centennial Celebration – is a historic two‐year‐long celebration to commemorate the 100th birthday of the 40th President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan. Visit www.reagancentennial.com to learn more. The mission of the Reagan Presidential Foundation is to preserve and promote his legacy of inspired freedom.