Reagan history revisited: Federal government expanded on his watch. The conservative desire to outlaw abortion was never seriously pursued. Reagan broke with the hardliners in his administration and compromised with the Soviets on arms control. His assault on entitlements never materialized; instead he saved Social Security in 1983. And he raised taxes. He WAS conservative on the environment. He DID espouse conservative principles-he just didn't really execute them. If you revisit Powell's own words on why he chose Obama over McCain, it's very clear it had nothing to do with the color of his skin. It had more to do with Palin, negative campaigning, his willingness to cross party lines, an...

Reagan history revisited: Federal government expanded on his watch. The conservative desire to outlaw abortion was never seriously pursued. Reagan broke with the hardliners in his administration and compromised with the Soviets on arms control. His assault on entitlements never materialized; instead he saved Social Security in 1983. And he raised taxes. He WAS conservative on the environment. He DID espouse conservative principles-he just didn't really execute them. If you revisit Powell's own words on why he chose Obama over McCain, it's very clear it had nothing to do with the color of his skin. It had more to do with Palin, negative campaigning, his willingness to cross party lines, and his distaste for religious neo-cons which are marginalizing moderate Republicans like him. Nice try though.

Reagan was elected twice, winning 48 states from incumbent Jimmy Carter.in 1980, and 49 states in 1984, the largest landslide in presidential history.

He cut taxes, ended inflation and presided over 96 consecutive months of economic growth (1982-90), with the stock market tripling in value during his administration.

America reached full employment while simultaneously negating inflation, thereby debunking the vaunted Phillips Curve of the Keynesian school of economics which asserted there was a requisite trade-off between unemployment and inflation.

It's also ironic that those on the left now claim Reagan was successful and popular with the American people because of his tremendous acting...

Reagan was elected twice, winning 48 states from incumbent Jimmy Carter.in 1980, and 49 states in 1984, the largest landslide in presidential history.

He cut taxes, ended inflation and presided over 96 consecutive months of economic growth (1982-90), with the stock market tripling in value during his administration.

America reached full employment while simultaneously negating inflation, thereby debunking the vaunted Phillips Curve of the Keynesian school of economics which asserted there was a requisite trade-off between unemployment and inflation.

It's also ironic that those on the left now claim Reagan was successful and popular with the American people because of his tremendous acting abilities, while simultaneously contradicting themselves by referring to him as a "B-grade" movie actor.