Cheney to speak at Reagan centennial

The former V.P. will commemorate the former president's influence

By AP/Salon

Published February 5, 2011 8:35PM (EST)

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 1984 file photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses a crowd of well-wishers gathered for a huge birthday party in the Dixon High School gymnasium in Dixon, Ill. Reagan returned to his boyhood home for the first time since becoming president to celebrate his 73rd birthday. Reagan was born 100 years ago Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File) (AP)
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 1984 file photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses a crowd of well-wishers gathered for a huge birthday party in the Dixon High School gymnasium in Dixon, Ill. Reagan returned to his boyhood home for the first time since becoming president to celebrate his 73rd birthday. Reagan was born 100 years ago Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File) (AP)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to speak in California to commemorate the centennial of President Ronald Reagan's birth.

His appearance Saturday night comes as conservatives are newly energized, after elections last year in which Republicans gained ground in Congress and in many statehouses around the county.

Cheney, who had broad influence in George W. Bush's White House, has heckled the Obama administration at many turns and has predicted President Barack Obama will be a one-term president.

The group sponsoring the event -- the conservative Young America's Foundation -- was founded to promote conservative ideas on college campuses and purchased Reagan's former ranch in 1998.

Sarah Palin addressed the group Friday.


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