The 1980 election was not a pro-Reagan election. As much as we like Reagan in hindsight, at the time there was a lot of trepidation about Reagan among voters, and they never got over it, not even by election day (1984 was a pro-Reagan election).
Romney has one big advantage Reagan didn’t have: nobody is scared of a Romney presidency. The press isn’t portraying Romney as a lunatic who wants to implement a vodoo-economic policy or who might start WWIII (and yes, that is how Reagan was portrayed by the press in 1980).
1) I remember well.
2) STFU and stop giving the press ideas!!! :)
“The 1980 election was not a pro-Reagan election. As much as we like Reagan in hindsight, at the time there was a lot of trepidation about Reagan among voters, and they never got over it, not even by election day (1984 was a pro-Reagan election).
Romney has one big advantage Reagan didn’t have: nobody is scared of a Romney presidency. “
Excellent points.Jimmuh lost because Jimmuh was Jimmuh not because Reagan was Reagan. That is why Romney needs to go negative on Obama and the economy at least 80 per cent of the time to swing this back to a referendum election on the incumbent and not a choice election between challenger and incumbent.
Yes the press did portray that but Reagan had a ability to directly talk to voters bypassing the press.
remember the famous line ‘ I paid for this mike dammit”.
Somehow Romney does not give me the same confidence level.