Dings get worked up by what they see and hear on TV, that is the point. I don't remember Reagan ever getting a fair shake from the Democrats or the press. I remember report after report at how stupid he was or how he was too old.
Reagan was successful despite a system that was polarized against him. You can't look at Reagan's successes and think "Oh! Reagan was successful because we just weren't as divided then as we are now". I think that diminishes just what Reagan accomplished. Reagan had to work with Tip O'Neal as speaker of the house, a Democrat.
Also in hind sight the Conservative politicians were sprinkled between the 2 parties. Over time Conservatives have drifted over to the Republican Party and the Northeast liberal republicans have drifted over to the democrat party. This gives the appearance of more polarization today but it was alive and well in the 80s.
In 2000 Walter Williams wrote an editorial "It's Time to Part Company" calling for secession of conservatives from the US and proposing taking Louisiana and Texas as the states that should form a new Conservative nation. He didn't write that because we had just started to become divided, he wrote that because he realized that we have always been that divided and that the only solution is to go our separate ways.
You’re a disingenuous individual. You were talking about a DIVIDED country. No? Reagan era did not come close to this Trump era. No comparison at all and it hasn’t even been 100 days..This nation is dangerously divided.
How divided are we now? It’s now vogue to publicly state you want to assassinate the president of the United States.
Not enough for ya? Not only are the democrats against Trump, but the Republicans are as well.
The Reagan era did not even come close, and were not talking about some mental cases attempting to shoot a potus to impress a celebrity.
I suggest pay better attention to what the hell is going on.
And this was not the issue. Reagan's success had zip to do with the country being divided. And he was somewhat successful because the country was certainly no where near as divided as it is in 2017 America, regardless of what you claim.
It was a completely different era.
What you're seeing now is widespread organized media and D.C., corruption and deceit focused directly at Trump, 24/7 daily, for nearly two years now. Did that happen with Reagan? Certainly not!
How bad is it? Even our intelligence agencies are attempting to illegally undermine and compromise Trump. Did that happen with Reagan? Certainly not!
Pay attention.