Reply #19: Um, because Ronald Reagan is the 2nd "greatest" president in history... [View All]

[Barack_America]

...And the more people trash him in connection with your name, the more crucial, swing votes they drive over to you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_United_States_Presidents
A Gallup poll about presidential greatness, taken February 9-11, 2007, asked 1006 adults nationwide, "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?"<8>
Abraham Lincoln (18%)
Ronald Reagan (16%)
John F. Kennedy (14%)
Bill Clinton (13%)
Franklin Roosevelt (9%)
Other/None/No opinion (8%)
George Washington (7%)
Harry Truman (3%)
George W. Bush (2%)
Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
Dwight Eisenhower (2%)
Thomas Jefferson (2%)
Jimmy Carter (2%)
Gerald Ford (1%)
George H.W. Bush (1%)
Richard Nixon (0%)

Not to mention the fact that the core of Hillary's support (according to the exit polls thus far), strongly resemebles the so-called "Reagan Democrats"