[SuziQ]

IIRC, Reagan's stump speeches were similar. People liked the fact that he talked about a limited number of issues, but made sure folks understood exactly where he stood on them.

The depth of thought has come in when Sarah writes opinion pieces, where she delves into particular subjects.

[xkaydet65]

In 1966 I watched Reagan chew Bobby Kennedy up and spit him out in a debate conducted over satellite with Oxford students.(one of whom was Bill Bradley.)Anyone watching that night never doubted that Reagan was the real deal. The Dems who said otherwise were in denial. As far as Palin’s written pieces, they’re good, but Reagan’s thoughts, not publicly available at the time, show a man with a wonderful depth of thought and imagination.