Poll Shows "Being Like Ronald Reagan" Is What Voters Want

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 09/17/2009 | Gary P

[Patriot1259]

Being “Like Ronald Reagan” The Only Positive Political Description

“Progressive” is becoming more of a dirty word, but all political labels – except “being like Ronald Reagan” – are falling into disfavor with many U.S. voters, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

“Liberal” is still the worst and remains the only political description that is viewed more negatively than positively. Being like Reagan is still the most positive thing you can say about a candidate.

So says the latest Rasmussen polling on the subject.

[Patriot1259]

Columnist Gary P. looks at a Rasmussen poll which says the most positive description of a political candidate is "being like Ronald Reagan". So who fits the bill? Gary P. knows and he explains why we still love Reagan, and who will fill his shoes.

[Rick_Michael]

To my knowledge, Reagan was one of the few republicans my older dem family can stand. He was a conservative but he was also capable of running a ship when face with a dem congress. That is really an accomplishment as it is....

[RAO1125]

Those on the right try to convince people that they are conservative.

Those on the left try to convince people that they aren’t liberal.

[WakeUpAndVote]

Nice read and vids. Thanks for posting it.

[newfreep]

[concerned about politics]

"Government IS the problem."

I'm with Reagan. No new social programs. Eliminate the ones we have.

Share the WORK and let the wealth share itself!

[IronJack]

So who do trhe Republicans run for president to fill Reagan’s shoes? Bitter, ugly, appeaser John McCain.

Good job playing to your strengths, guys.

[Scanian]

Weren’t we all recently told that Reagan was so over and we should all forget about him and build a new, big-government “conservatism?”

[Moonman62]

To my knowledge, Reagan was one of the few republicans my older dem family can stand.

I've been a Republican my entire adult life, and the same goes for me.

[Moonman62]

The bushbots are still saying that.

[Carley]

Open, honest, limited government type.

Many of us knew Ronald Reagan and Barak Obama, you’re no Ronald Reagan.

Actually, you are Jimmy Carter redux.

[The Comedian]

Watch for the statists to change their banner yet again, from socialist, to liberal, to progressive, to Reaganite or some such. Anything but "communist". Anything but the truth.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Rick_Michael]

I’m a fairly young guy that feels more like a republican than anything else, but I got to say...there aren’t many politicians like Ronald R. It’s almost as though they gave us one good one and forgot about giving us another.