Reply #8: All true. And Reagan continues to give them cover.

[Zambero]

Anyone with an ounce of objectivity can connect the dots back to Reagan. However misguided (for lack of a better term), he was very successful in selling himself as an effective leader and a champion of "getting the gov't off our backs". Polls continue to rate him favorably, which is why the GOP never fails to venerate the man and connect their current policies back to him. Putting the scam and untimate fiasco of Reaganomics in its place is fine for a select audience, and may seem second nature in terms of explaining current conditions. However, for a larger population, the focus needs to be on the current crop of Republicans who continue to advance and even expand his policies. "Reinventing" Reagan as the perpetrator of all things gone awry will not sell too well to a larger audience, even if the message is 100% true. Ironically, it might even serve to provide a measure of innoculation to Republicans: "Hey let's give them half a chance to finish the job that good-guy Reagan started". Bottom line -- give him a rest and reverse course by way of putting the Paul Ryan & company Republican party in its proper place.