[Lakeshark]

This may be a moot point, because he simply didn't respond very well, and we'll never know.

But if we take Reagan as example, the left and the media did the same garbage truck dumping on him, and the Reagan approach worked a whole lot better than the new tone approach, wouldn't you agree?

[ohioWfan]

Yeah. It's a moot point. ;)

But if you remember, public opinon of Reagan wasn't very good at the end of his 2nd term. It's taken time to correct that.

And the left has gotten much more rabid and open about their hatred for all things conservative.

Not really a fair parallel, methinks.