Monday, January 11, 2010
A Rodney Dangerfield America? - WSJ.com
SO, let's read between the lines.
Are Americans saying that the Ronald Reagan era was the "best"?
If so, it seems to follow that a "Reaganesque" presidential candidate may well prevail...
Are Americans saying that the Ronald Reagan era was the "best"?
If so, it seems to follow that a "Reaganesque" presidential candidate may well prevail...
In the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Henninger makes this observation:
"In Pew's comparison of five decades, one trumps the other four: the 1980s. 'The balance of opinion about the 1980s is overwhelmingly positive across all age groups.' The 1980s' negative rating is just 12%.
How can this be? As the '80s ended, pundits everywhere famously wrote the whole thing off as "The Decade of Greed." Left-wing essayist Barbara Ehrenreich, one of too many to count, called her version of the decade, 'The Worst Years of Our Lives.'
But it looks like people think the '80s were the best years of their lives. We—especially those among us thinking of running for the presidency—had better try to figure out why fast.
Because all conversation in our politics goes straight into rage if one brings any public figure's name into it, I will preposterously not mention Ronald Reagan."
