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For the centennial of the reagan library they are trying to open up the exhibition space more and these -- i had been asking about them, everybody asked whatever happened to the cards and sort of a eureka moment in the brown boxes of the basement of the archives there they opened them and there they were. they were actually in president reagans desk when he died and people having to do a burial simply grabbed the cards, boxed them up as sort of the ex-presidents personal belongings and nobody ha...

Those for material when traveling with the presidential event or traveling the rubber chicken circuit when going to political events, a young politician. they have been collected in a new book, this guy is the best, doug brinkley, the best historian around, has reagans private collection of stories and wisdom, the editor and also joined by political commentator and author of "my father at 100" a great book, out in the book stores right now, ron reagan. doug, you always do it you obviously have t...

Without a pen. by the way, guess who read "witness" and loved the book? tip oneil. blew my socks off. i know hes a liberal, but the difference between a liberal and leftest is they thought alfred was fabs guilty.ç nixon nailed that guy. anyway, thank you guys. the book is called "9 notes" by douglas brinkley. great editing and great find. thank you, ron. what kind of person would you want or what kind of person would want newt gingrich in the office? think about that one. youre watching "har...

Stopped thinking and researching. he liked that level of truth but never wanted to go any further. >> i got the feeling thats what president reagan what he read. if he read a whittaker chambers book he found something that he could put into his own persona. hed read a thomas wolf novel. he would pick something that he thought he could use in his speech. >> dont you do that? >> you do. we had watergate with people with tapes and electronic devices were smart. note cards that you could keep in you...

Was guilty. the leftist never bought it. nixon nailed that guy. thank you, guys. the book is called "the notes" by douglas brinkley. great edidding there. great find. thank you, ron as always. when we return a question or answer, what kind of person -- what kind of person would want newt gingrich in the white house? thank you about that on thank you about that on "hardball" on msnbc. this is stacy. who runs circles around asthma. and dan. he never lets high cholesterol get him too low. and amy w...

To come out and play football. he would be sitting off writing a speech and making notice on these cards. he used the three by five cards because they could slip into the side pocket of his sports coat or a suit jacket. >> there it is. >> he didnt have to carry a speech around with him. he could pull them right out of his pocket. he would write his speeches on these cards, too. he had his only personal shorthanden. when i knew the card collection, they werent nicely arranged in a lielt binder li...

Way he uses political rhetoric, without the slightest regret, any sense of remorse over everything he has done in his career. >> if he is winston churchill, snoopy really was fighting the red baron. thank you, david corn and jonathan alter. how ronald reagan became the great communicator, a lot has to do with the three by five cards. tip oneill was right all along. the three by five cards. historian doug brinkley joins us to talk about his new book. and ron reagan here to talk about president ...