[editor-surveyor]

Your biggest problem is a total lack of analytical ability.

Failure is failure.

[GunRunner]

I was speaking to Reagan's oratorical ability to put forth a coherent and inspirational vision of modern conservatism. The '64 speech did that.

Using your standard, Palin's convention and stump speeches were also failures, because her ticket lost the election to a Marxist who admitted he wanted to "spread the wealth around".