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I think he threw in a little Ross Perot too. Anti big govt populism wins.
Two different people and styles but with a lot in common.
I posted nearly two years ago that what were called Reagan Democrats will in the future be called Trump Democrats. Or maybe Trump Republicans.
So Olsen makes the point that we are stuck with New Deal legacy safety nets like Social Security, and implies that we are stuck with Great Society safety nets like Medicare. Unlike the New Deal architects, I have no idea whether that is true.
What Olsen says or implies that seems incontrovertible is that it seems impossible to assemble the political will to undo Social Security or Medicare. If that is true, the next best thing is to do everything else that is right for all Americans, including defend the nation (arms and wall), negotiate better agreements with trading partners, get us out of entangling alliances (hasn't happened yet), and generally look out for US interests first. We can pray President Trump does that.
Before it’s over, we’ll all be comparing Reagan to Trump, and not the other way round.
This is a doubly dishonest article that misrepresents both Reagan and the Trump campaign. It’s exactly what you would expect from NR, claiming that voters’ rejection of their brand of conservatism is actually a victory for it. Trump won because he ran against immigration.
They are both men of reasonable intelligence, an understanding of history and America, and the balls to speak publicly about it.
Ordinary men that were ambitious and having hearts for serving.
The recipe is not complicated, the ingredients available to all and the results almost a guaranteed blue ribbon at the fair.
Basically same voting bloc, Reagan united them on social issues before NAFTA gutted the manufacturing base and Trump united them on economic issues after the great hollowing out.
The Left is really filling their pants this time around.
This jackass wouldn’t know Reagan magic if it bit him in the face.
With Mr. Trump’s success, “I’m watching a 160-year-old political party commit suicide,” said Henry Olsen, an elections analyst with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/opinion/its-donald-trumps-party-now.html
I can’t imagine two politicians more different. I don’t see similarities.
I can’t imagine two politicians more different. I don’t see similarities.
Add Obama's anti-whitey campaign...all played a part in President Trump's election.
Stay strong President Trump. We're behind you and with you all the way!!
God Bless You, Donald Trump!
Look at how we’ve descended since Reagan. One decent President every forty years won’t save the republic.
I believe Trump is Ronald Reagan of this time...I always wonder if Ronald Reagan would’ve tweeted like Donald Trump does.
Reagan absolutely echoed the Conservative philosophy. Trump did not, entirely, but both men presented themselves and were accepted as champions of average working-class Americans. We share a common desire for our country and our fellow citizens to succeed and “win”, and both men were seen as patriots who love their country and were not bound to fancy words or political ideology or speech. That resonates with Americans of all stripes because we all want our country to win.
He’s much more progressive than Reagan. If he does get the economy rolling as it should and passes some kind of real infrastructure plan, he’ll be more like Eisenhower.