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Obama and Clinton on Reagan and Republicans
The Clinton team is right about some of Obama's remarks and wrong about others. But the campaign so far has been beanbag compared to what both will face from the GOP in November.
Joan Walsh [2008-01-23]

  • Obama's Reagan comments were spot on.

    Obama's key words were:

    "...he (Reagan) just tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity, we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing."

    Think about it. It was 1980 and the country had been suffering through 4 years of Jimmy Carter. Which meant skyrocketing inflation and unemployment, double digit interest rates that kept people from buying homes and cars, plus out-of-control energy costs and the gas rationing that went with it. My God, things were so bad, the press invented "The Misery Index" (a number arrived at by adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate).

    So people were already starving for the condidence and optimisim that Ronald Reagan brought to the table. He was a change agent if ever there was one. And THAT'S what Obama was talking about. He has nothing to apologize for.

    PS: Hillary lists Ronald Reagan as one of her favorite presidents on her website.

    -- virtue001
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    Wednesday, January 23, 2008 01:50 PM
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