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Reagan won as much for being a great communicator and a very charismatic person... much the same reason people voted for Obama tonight... more than anything, in this star struck, American Idol nation... people don’t care if a person is a commie or a conservative, they want someone who can speak and exudes self-confidence. After 8 years of a president who is possibly the WORST communicator ever the voters bought into this man hook, line and sinker... to beat him you have to have someone else who catches the American spark... people don’t care what the person believes... they proved it tonight, especially when the people in PA know Obama wants to put a large portion of their state out of work.

Yes, its true. This is a very Reagan-like win for the Democrats. A candidate who many had doubts about....but were convinced to take a risk because of the appeals to abstract positives. Reagan's "City on a Hill" and Obama's "Hope and Change".

Conservatives have to repackage conservatism as Reagan did. Reagan made conservatism the "hope and change".

Conservatism cannot just be a serious grim ideology. It has to appeal to people's "better angels".

EXACTLY! and you have to have the right messenger... and not one man who ran this year had that ability... Palin has it, Jindal “may” have it.... Romney does not have it and neither does Huckabee... Thompson could have done it if he was 15 years younger and in great health.