Dennis Quaid's Nostalgia for Bipartisan Politics

why Reagan star Dennis Quaid is nostalgic for Liberal Republicans in the fall of 1980 Dennis Quaid was 26 and had just come back from voting when he was greeted by his curious roommate he asked who I voted for and when I told him Ronald Reagan he said that's it you're kicked out of the hippies says Quaid breaking into an earto ear grin I turned in my hippie card right there and now Quaid who says he has always been an independent voter is playing the man he voted for twice and calls my favorite President Quaid 70 stars as The Gipper in Reagan in theaters Friday a biopic that spans Reagan's entire life and focuses on two of the actor turned politicians defining accomplishments his enduring marriage to Nancy Reagan and his jousting with Mel gorbachov that led to the end of the Cold War join our watch party sign up to receive USA today's movie and TV recommendations write in your inbox need a break play the USA Today daily crossword puzzle [Music]