[CMailBag]

It is amazing how the anti-Trump whiners are saying the same type of things that were said about Ronald Reagan in 1980.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Yes, they are saying many of the same type of things.

[mkjessup]

It is amazing how the anti-Trump whiners are saying the same type of things that were said about Ronald Reagan in 1980.

And amazingly enough, there is a contingent of them right here on FR.

Sir Winston Churchill talked of "blood, sweat and tears", the Trump-haters around here have nothing but "sneers, jeers and tears".

[peyton randolph]

anti-Trump whiners are saying the same type of things that were said about Ronald Reagan in 1980.

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Inaccurate comparison. Frankly, either Trump or Cruz winning the nomination is fine with me.

However, Trump is not Reagan.

Trump is a populist - like Rick Perry but with actual marketing skills.

Reagan was a conservative - a conservative Democrat and then a conservative Republican. He was conservative before it was cool to become one. For example, his Goldwater speech in 1964.

If Trump ran in 2008 after the "compassionate conservative" debacle of Bush 43, there's little doubt Trump would have out hope and changed Obama as a Democrat candidate.

That doesn't make Trump a bad person. Just recognize that Cruz (like Reagan) is conservative. Trump is a populist who has adopted conservative positions in order to win the presidency and may well govern that way too. Should the winds change in public opinion during a Trump presidency, expect Trump to change with them.