Yes Reagan would have stomped on the magic negro. Yes Reagan is a better man than Romney 10 fold. But my belief is the rats would have stolen it from him.
Now the difference is Reagan would have fought for us after knowing it was stolen. Romney of course did not.
This is not about running the better man. This is about fraud.
This is about the a candidate who could not win because he was the weirdest man to ever run for president, and he was not even a republican, except that technically he rejoined the party for political reasons in October 1993.
He managed to lose an election which couldn’t be lost.
People wanted Obama out, but they needed someone to inspire them, to offer an alternative choice, heck they were too similar to each other, even on Romney/Obama care, homosexualizing the military, not being Christians, both of them are kind of like aliens, except that Obama seems more natural.
Romney didn’t jazz up anyone, or make any real pitches, Romney had no real agenda or beliefs, or identity, he was merely a name different than Obama, that is why he could only attract the dutiful republican voters, and not win over anyone new.
I think Reagan today would have done pretty well, though. He knew when to stick it to the press, like Gingrich, but with his charm and wit. Not with the adversarial style of Gingrich.
A "Reagan" for 2016 will have to know how to deal with a 100% negative press. How to think on his feet and not give assinine answers like Akin and Mourdock, (and Rubio) and have a vicious, take no prisoners style of attack like Lee Atwater.
Let 2016's republican nominee be a man of great charm, humor, wit and common sense. And let his team be the "mean guys" who beat up the democratic nominee, severely.
No more Mr. Nice Guy politics.
The democrats are slimy little pieces of $hit.
Put together a team that will play for keeps and take no prisoners.