It is a little cringeworthy for me as a Democrat to hear that. But I mean, Obama's positions are a matter of public record and they are nothing like Reagan's, so it's not like he's going to suddenly transform his entire political nature. It seems he is trying to define the framing of his own narrative for the sake of capturing the moderate vote. I guess the way I feel about it is, I find it distasteful but if he and his people really think it will work.....

I admit to being baffled by what seems to me to be the near-fetishization of the memory of Reagan among the Republicans, as well. The way all the candidates fall over one another trying to compare themselves to him and claim his legacy looks ridiculous to me as an outsider who never had any use for the man, but I suppose with W's popularity (or lack thereof) they must have settled on Reagan as the last Republican leader everyone can agree on, or something.

*Doesn't have a political icon*