If Reagan were running in 2010, the same angst would be on display about the ‘flamboyant rhetoric’ and ‘angry tone’ of his campaign and supporters.
What they fail to realize is that such ‘flamboyancy’ and ‘anger’ is exactly what gets the voters energized and interested in your candidacy.
We need candidates who stick their necks out, not bury them in the sand.
RR was dissed up one side and down the other, from ‘76 on. And furthermore, he trailed JC by double digits late into the campaign.