Regis Philbin
Jan 17th, 2008, 05:49 PM
Oh, wow! The kook base isn't going to like this... :noway:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Transformation_like_Reagan.html
Transformation, like Reagan
Obama, in his interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal's editorial board, made the case that his movement is as much about a national moment as about him as a "singular" individual, and he drew a rather odd analogy for a Democrat: Ronald Reagan.
"Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not, and a way that Bill Clinton did not," he said, describing Reagan as appealing to a sentiment that, "We want clarity, we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism nad entrepreneurship that had been missing."
Later, he also compared the moment, in passing, to the one that produced President Kennedy.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Transformation_like_Reagan.html
Transformation, like Reagan
Obama, in his interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal's editorial board, made the case that his movement is as much about a national moment as about him as a "singular" individual, and he drew a rather odd analogy for a Democrat: Ronald Reagan.
"Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not, and a way that Bill Clinton did not," he said, describing Reagan as appealing to a sentiment that, "We want clarity, we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism nad entrepreneurship that had been missing."
Later, he also compared the moment, in passing, to the one that produced President Kennedy.