The Audacity of Dopes... From Tony Lee -- As Mitt Romney considers a third White House run, his allies are trying to compare him to President Ronald Reagan, the conservative icon with whom Romney has almost nothing in common. In fact, Romney ran away from Reagan and his legacy when he challenged Sen. Ted Kennedy’s (D-MA) seat. [...] Even the mainstream media’s Bloomberg News quickly lambasted the comparison: Between Reagan’s first (1968) and second (1976) presidential runs, he went from being an inexperienced governor who had given an impressive speech for Barry Goldwater in 1964 to being a successful two-term governor who continued to consolidate his position as leader of the conservative movement. Then, in the run-up to his third try in 1980, Reagan remained the clear conservative leader. A real, influential leader: His attack on the Panama Canal treaties, for example, made opposition to them the standard conservative position. In other words, Reagan didn’t just get better at running for president. He was a much more impressive politician with far more accomplishments by 1980 than he had been in 1968. Romney? Not so much. breitbart/big-government/2015/01/15/romney-allies-comparing-mitt-to-reagan/
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:24:35 +0000
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