While I was perplexed initially by Obama's off-handed comment about Reagan in Nevada because Reagan is my second least favorite president behind the current office-holder, I thought that maybe he was up to something.
As much as both Edwards and Clinton want to to paint Obama as liking Reagan (which is just comical), they're wrong. You can dislike a person's politics, but you can appreciate how he inspired people. Any person with half a brain can look at what Reagan's policies and politics were and look at what Obama's politics and positions are and see that they're not alike. Essentially he was saying that Reagan created a coalition that created change in the country. I didn't like the change like many progressives, but nonetheless it was change.
I was disappointed that Obama didn't pound that home enough in the debate.
In the debate, Smug Hillary and Edwards repeatedly tried to frame Obama's comment in various perversions. And the whole "present" vote deal doesn't make much sense to a lot of people (which Clinton is banking on), but it's a peculiar (but sometimes productive) method of getting legislation passed here in Illinois.
I fear the Democratic Party will give the GOP exactly what they want: Hillary(Bill) as the nominee.
As Pat Buchanan said on MSNBC a while ago, "If the Republicans can't beat Hillary Clinton, they don't deserve to win."
The comment has some Yogi Berra logic in it, but it rings true.
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