Yes.
Another liberal who knows all about us.
Bush I killed Reaganism.
No, it will be a rebirth.
From my point of view, Trump exemplifies some of the aspects which made many of us fall in love with what Ronald Reagan represented - Proud to be an American, optimism, a "can do" attitude and the recognition that, to win, on a national and international level - negotiate from a standpoint of strength and from a basis of American exceptionalism.
I would also contend that Reagan was NOT a neo-conservative but many of his poltical "children" are and were.
Trump represents the death of "Bushism" - the elder Bush - namely trying to be a world player, international cop, and overextending the military reach to areas where they shouldn't be involved.
Reagan killed Reaganism when he picked Bush I as his VP... hate to break that to everyone, but Reagan himself ensured his revolution would be blunted the second he was out of office with that move.
The GOPe killed Reaganism a long time ago. The GOPe is now killing the GOP. Trump represents the base and has the GOPe in a yuuuge panic. And he’s actually rebuilding the Reagan Coalition.
What a load.. Trump is more and an extension of Reagan in to the current times...Reagan is a pro American policy vs internationalism that is detrimental to the american people
When Reagan walked out on the nuclear missile talks in Iceland and just told the pilots to kick the tires and light the fires to get out of the situation, and then got everything he wanted, it was felt nobody should be that effective in government. It's just not complicated enough.
Yes. We are all positivists now.
I agree. Reagan was the right man for the time but his legacy really died with the end of the Cold War, and what better tribute and legacy could there be?
Now Trump is the right man for a different time, actually 5-10 years too late, but we all know who to thank for that. Now that we have him, it’s time to support him in making American Great Again, a goal the Gipper would absolutely support.
A former policy advisor to President Clinton and presidential candidates, Bill Galston is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns, and elections.His current research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization.
We found that information on the website of the Brookings Institution, which has been providing unbiased left-wing advocacy to whomever will pay since Woodrow Wilson was president.
Eff all these fools.
“The Reagan era has ended, and what comes next is anyone’s guess. “
I disagree, Reagan said “Peace thru strength”
Trump will follow that Reagan era maxim.
GOP killed by McConnell’s decision to make Obama a one-term President, forever branded a party without purpose.
John Boehner, Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, Dennis Hastert, the Bushes, and a slew of other GOP boneheads who have been in charge of the party since Reagan.....THEY killed Reaganism.
Though I agree, it’s not coming back in my lifetime.
The business community politically homeless? You did it to yourselves, guys. With one stupid, selfish, short-sighted move after another. The voters are sick of you now.
George H W Bush killed Reaganism.
I think that trump really is a social conservative based on how he lives his life and how his kids turned out. However he does seem to think that legislation of moral views ultimately does more harm then good.
How short the memories. How much misinformation has been infused into what Reaganism was and is? In many ways, Trump is a developing Reagan in the truest spirit. He like Reagan is not afraid of the deal. He is willing to attack problems asymmetrically. For their own glorification, many people have tried to turn the Tea Party concept into a singular political unit that can then be isolated, labeled and attacked. We have seen how well that has worked. They did the same with Reagan, claiming his mantle and using it to project their own brand of conservatism. Look at the wide ranging positions both Reagan and Trump have held and their ability to distill the objective from the rhetoric. There is a great contrast between that thinking and the stilted Faux Conservative who mourns the Reagan that never was.