Reply #20: He's not following through on Reagan's policies, but rather his means of getting bills through

[nyy1998]

Congress, how do you work with an opposition party that hates you? Reagan, regardless of whether his bills were good or not(and I agree that they were not), was able to get a lot through a generally Democrat-led Congress.

If the Reagan model could prove effective in allowing Obama to get some of his bills to pass, then why not use it? It's the same model, but different types of bills coming out. Hopefully bills that help us move forward on the economy, environment, education, etc but we'll see.