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Reagan's real legacy wasn't his adherance to founding principals, it was his desire to seek the best deal he could...
Jim, for Obama to make fun of Romney's flip flopping isn't being divisive.
Sure, you can make claims of class warfare against the President, but the sustained an unified effort to portray Obama (and by association the entire Democratic party) as an alien socialist incompatible with true American values has certainly been the most divisive strategy I've ever seen in my lifetime.
I think it's less about the personalities and more a symptom of the political climate. Back in the 1980's differing opinions would go hash out a plan over drinks...Reagan had no problem cutting a deal he thought moved the ball forward. they don't do that any more.
-spence
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