Barack Obama is the Democrat"s Ronald Reagan
Over and over again right wingers desperately try to compare Barack Obama to the losing candidacies of previous Democratic Presidential candidates such as Walter Mondale in 1984, Michael Dukakis in 1988, & John Kerry in 2004.
But the fact is Obama's candidacy has little in common with any of them.
Obama's candidacy actually much more similarly resembles Ronald Reagan's run for the White House in 1980.
Reagan ran his campaign in 1980 against a very unpopular sitting President, Jimmy Carter, with gas prices out of control and the economy in the dumps.
Obama is running his campaign against a clone of a very unpopular sitting President with gas prices out of control and the economy in the dumps.
Certainly with John McCain having voted with President Bush 95% of the time in 2007 and 100% of the time this year and with McCain sharing Bush's views on all of the biggest issues facing America, there's little difference between the two of them.
McCain's candidacy represents Bush's legacy and that of course gives Obama a huge advantage much like Reagan had in 1980 vs.
Carter.
But Obama & Reagan share more in common than just their similar circumstances.
They are also very similar politicians despite having very different views on the issues.
Reagan was a great speaker that created a lot of excitement among many Americans just as Obama is a great speaker who creates a lot of excitement among many Americans.
While Mondale, Dukakis, & Kerry may have been right on the issues (and they were) they were not particularly great speakers and they were not energizing politicians.
It makes no sense to compare a politician with the magnetic appeal of Barack Obama to Mondale, Dukakis, or Kerry.
Obama is none of those men, he is the Democrat's Ronald Reagan.
But the fact is Obama's candidacy has little in common with any of them.
Obama's candidacy actually much more similarly resembles Ronald Reagan's run for the White House in 1980.
Reagan ran his campaign in 1980 against a very unpopular sitting President, Jimmy Carter, with gas prices out of control and the economy in the dumps.
Obama is running his campaign against a clone of a very unpopular sitting President with gas prices out of control and the economy in the dumps.
Certainly with John McCain having voted with President Bush 95% of the time in 2007 and 100% of the time this year and with McCain sharing Bush's views on all of the biggest issues facing America, there's little difference between the two of them.
McCain's candidacy represents Bush's legacy and that of course gives Obama a huge advantage much like Reagan had in 1980 vs.
Carter.
But Obama & Reagan share more in common than just their similar circumstances.
They are also very similar politicians despite having very different views on the issues.
Reagan was a great speaker that created a lot of excitement among many Americans just as Obama is a great speaker who creates a lot of excitement among many Americans.
While Mondale, Dukakis, & Kerry may have been right on the issues (and they were) they were not particularly great speakers and they were not energizing politicians.
It makes no sense to compare a politician with the magnetic appeal of Barack Obama to Mondale, Dukakis, or Kerry.
Obama is none of those men, he is the Democrat's Ronald Reagan.
