Nothing like a dyed-in-the-wool Communist invoking Reagan.

(LA Times) — Do it for the Gipper. That’s the pitch President Obama made to Republicans on Tuesday as he continued to push for a “grand bargain” on raising the debt ceiling.

In an interview with CBS News, Obama again invoked Ronald Reagan as an example of how a president and a Congress controlled by an opposite party can find common ground.

“Ronald Reagan repeatedly took steps that included revenue in order for him to accomplish some of these larger goals. And the question is, if Ronald Reagan could compromise, why wouldn’t folks who idolize Ronald Reagan be willing to engage in those same kinds of compromises?” Obama said.

Negotiators met for nearly two hours again Tuesday, their third straight day at the White House and one of the longest gatherings so far.