Your thoughts: What do Ronald Reagan & Barack Obama have in common? [View All]

Off the top of my head:

1. Great communication
2. Teflon
3. Expansive Political Ambition
4. A belief in the character of the American People


1. Communication goes without saying. Obama is perfecting his skills of keeping it light while delivering harder political punches

2. Polls consistently show that 70% plus like / approve of Barack Obama as a person, more than the approval of his policies.

3. Both want(ed) 'Transformational Presidencies'. A no lesser commentator that Bill Clinton said that the Obama Administration opens the possibility of 30 to 40 years ascendancy of progressive politics.

4, Both believe(d) in American common sense. Obviously Reagan and Obama had/have very different views of sense, let alone commonality. In my opinion, this separates both from Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Clintons paid close attention to polls to gauge what segments of Americans thought, or thought they wanted. Whether Bill or Barack was/is being more realistic in a era of deep polarization, time will tell.

Your thoughts?

PS. I will never forget reading "OMG he's the anti-Reagan!" , early in the Primaries at FR.