Asa Hutchinson Quotes
This is a true story. The day after Reagan won, I was walking into the courthouse when someone said that they'd bet Reagan would appoint me U.S. attorney.
Hutchinson, Asa. "Address to the Arkansas Bar Association." Arkansas Bar Association, 2015.
Owens had just retired after 24 years in Congress. When Reagan began his campaign the majority of the racists of the South were furious that their party, the Democrats, had passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ending legal segregation and racism of the South. Reagan implemented a “Southern Strategy” by using code words that endorsed Southern racism and this swung the formerly Democratic “Solid” South to the Republican side changing the balance of power for years. Although Reagan was not himself racist and was a very popular President there were many who never forgot his pandering to the racists to get elected to begin with.
Stockman was the member of the Reagan staff who was in charge of the budget. The President however chose not to take Stockman’s advice and the result which will always be a black mark on the Reagan Administration was the then largest budget deficit in American history.
William Asa Hutchinson II (/ˈeɪsə/, AY-sə) is an American politician serving as the 46th and current Governor of Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas (1982–1985), U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district (1997–2001), Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (2001–2003) and the first Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security at the United States Department of Homeland Security (2003–2005).
