[reaganaut1]

I was at Deutsche Bank presentation last week where their chief economist predicted that unemployment would rise above 10% and stay there through 2010. So does the CBO . This will cause many Americans to rethink the "mystique" of a handsome, articulate, young black president who is also a left wing radical.

[devane617]

I don’t know much about the bible, but seems like I remember Moses coming down from the mount to find the folks in the hood dancing around a gold cow. Now I understand...

[Rome2000]

Can't wait to piss on the NYT's grave.

I hear the Sunday edition is "very thin" these days.

[Uncle Hal]

The MSM telling the GOP how they think about Reagan is really rich. Talk about gall. Wishful thinking on their part.

[JSDude1]

might also ingratiate him with conservatives.

NO,

..and I reject Mitch Daniels also as he (has done some good), but isn’t really a RR Conservative when it comes down to it..!

[Bringbackthedraft]

Mr Obama, we knew Ronald Reagan, and you sir, are no Ronald Reagan. There I said it.

[headstamp 2]

I love this. We should “move on” from the “Reagan” era with all it’s successes in leading the country out of an absolute mess from the 70’s but it’s OK for the Democrats to continue pursuing 1930’s style “New Deal” policies.

[eclecticEel]

It’s a way of pretending to be moderate and bipartisan; although in no sense other than the symbolic, since Reagan is not around to defend himself or to criticize Zero. It’s not incredibly different than some modern republican’s praise for FDR - a concession which costs them nothing.

[AndrewC]

New York Times?

[jla]

Very many like statements were made about Reagan leading up to the 1984 election. If my memory is correct Reagan squeaked that one out.

In this article, if the NYT is to believed, Daniels is talking in circles and Frum is, well, just being himself.

[Vaquero]

another moderate RINO drinking the Obama Koolaid.

[exist]

This is retarded. When we talk about Reagan, yes it's core conservative principles. But mostly-- IT'S HAVING BALLS. Or as Reagan put it:

Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?

Let us show that we stand for fiscal integrity and sound money and above all for an end to deficit spending, with ultimate retirement of the national debt.

Now I want Mike Murphy, David Frum, David Brooks, Newt Gingrich-- and the rest of these bums to explain to me what about the above they have issue with? What about the above would they like us to abandon??

[paulycy]

The New York Times shows concern for conservatives the same way Hamas shows concern for Israelis.

[upsdriver]

Okay, fine. If the leftwing media doesn’t like referring to the GOP as the party of Reagan, how about calling it the party of Palin? Would that give them comfort?

[calex59]

Republicans might be, the conservatives are not.

[Texas Eagle]

Awwwwww. It's so nice for the New Obama Times to sing praises of Ronald Reagan.

Too bad nobody reads The Times.

[MrDem]

This story is PURE GARBAGE! Intended to sway the stupid and easily spineless further down the road to destruction! JUST DO THE OPPOSITE! EMBRACE EVERYTHING REAGAN ENDORSED AND LIVE AND PROSPER!!!!!!

[Texas Eagle]

To be sure, Mr. Reagan’s failure to curb the cost of government reflected the enduring difficulty all presidents face in balancing the government services Americans want with the taxes they’re willing to pay. But today it seems, increasingly, that it was Mr. Reagan and his admirer, George W. Bush, who contributed most to the problem of runaway spending, at least among recent presidents.

Allow me to set the record straight, New Obama Times.

President Reagan fought the RATS tooth-and-nail when it came to spending and growing government.

So much so that the weak-stream media of Reagan's day coined a new phrase to describe the plethora of vetoes President Reagan handed down.

They called it "gridlock".

As for President Bush. Guilty as charged.

[freekitty]

Could be that Reagan was a leader. We are lacking this in both parties.

[mjp]

the pillars of Reagan's economic program were:

-reducing tax rates on individuals and businesses
-controlling federal spending
-reducing and making more reasonable federal regulations
-reducing inflation and ultimately interest rates by controlling the money supply and balancing the budget
-eliminating and terminating wage, price, and allocation controls (1)
(1)Reagan's Secret War

[Recovering_Democrat]

Yeah, uh New York Times, I'm gonna have to ask you to shove it where the sun don't shine.