This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. In the mythologies of the modern conservative movement, no figure stands taller than Ronald Reagan. But his shadow is shrinking faster than a lot of Republicans realize. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Reagan was the voice that placed Barry Goldwater’s name forward for the presidential nomination in 1964.