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Would Reagan be Nominated Today - Probably not
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Would Reagan be Nominated Today - Probably not
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From the story you linked: "A fair analysis suggests Reagan could be a credible candidate for the Republican nomination in 2016 if such a thing were possible."
Yeah, but it also offers this, "Actually the CROWDPAC scoring represents Reagan after he became president. Candidate Reagan would be much further to the right, perhaps all the way with Paul, who is also most like him on the two outlying issues. On the other hand, Paul lags in the polls."
Let me provide a quick clarification I overlooked in my original post. The "probably not" following the link was my opinion. I didn't mean for it to insinuate that the article was hinting that he probably wouldn't be a credible candidate. Apologies.
Ah got it.
In my opinion, Reagan had a great advantage over most conservatives in his ability to deliver rhetorically. He was optimistic and gave confidence as a leader. (Slick and Obama were able to craft themselves similarly because of their ability to communicate.)
Many conservatives since the Gipper have come across as harsh and mean spirited in their tone and speech. Those who have won the nomination since he left office in 1988 in my opinion haven't been conservative at all, rather establishment Republicans.
Cruz is trying to mimic that style. We'll see how it works. One flaw in his disfavor is that even though his message has been fairly upbeat, he still has a squeaky tone to his voice that is grating.
I don't think Cruz is just trying to mimic his style. From most accounts from those who've known him longest, this has always been his approach. You've rightly pointed out his biggest hurdle in terms of presentation.
The media try to portray Cruz as harsh and mean spirited in his tone, they tried and ultimately failed doing the same thing with Reagan. Not many are as good as Regan at delivering a message to the public; no sin to be somewhat behind him in that respect. Though Reagan's intellect and breadth of knowledge ran much, much deeper than some in the media and on the left would/will acknowledge, I think it's fair to say that Cruz's intellect is superior to Reagan, although his experience clearly isn't as broad or deep.
The electorate has changed quite a bit since 1980/84, but possibly 8 years of Obamacrap will lead to some shift back. Cruz is younger by quite a bit than Reagan. Neither HRC or Bernie are. This should absolutely be a campaign issue, just like the Dems made it in 1980/84/92/08/12. The sh!t she and Bill pulled on GHWB in '92 will be fair game for the E-gadget impaired HRC should she manage to hold on for the nomination.
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