Last night Keith Olbermann pointed out that according to the new ‘conservative litmus test’ being floated around the RNC that Reagan would fail it – rather interesting since the resolution is title “Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates”.

Here is the criteria to being a conservative according to the RNC and you must meet at least eight of these points to be considered for RNC support should the measure pass.

(1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill
(2) Market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;
(3) Market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;
(4) Workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check
(5) Legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
(6) Victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
(7) Containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat
(8) Retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
(9) Protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and
(10) The right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership

Here is Keith explaining how Reagan would fail six of those points:

It really is telling when the RNC doesn’t even know their own idol and what he actually stood for.