It depends. There are two elements of a successful pitch - the pitchman and the product. Both Obama and Reagan are/were good pitchmen. But the products are as different as night and day. Compare and contrast Reagan's "shining city on a hill" and Obama's land of despair.
I agree ... I’m just acutely aware of the danger this guy is ... and the unfortunate fickleness of the American electorate.
Exactly! August is a loooooong way from here and November is another eternity. The fervor will ebb and flow but the questions of substance will continue to mount. When he says he wants change, some of these Democrats and Independents will actually ask that he describe what he means.