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President Obama's   steep decline in popularity since taking office should be distressing for Democrats, but at least from a historical standpoint -- and if past is precedent -- he can be compared to one looming American political figure: Ronald Reagan.
Prior to the RNC in Detroit, rumors circulate over Reagan's running mate choice.

It is a comparison sure to send conservatives, many of whom idolize Reagan and abhor Obama's policies, running for the hills. It will likewise unsettle a good number of Democrats still frustrated by Reagan's policies.

But placed together on a graph the two men's approval ratings snake and jut downwards like a helix, from almost identical starting points, with approval in the high 60s, down to about 50 percent in the first year and a half. (Spoiler Alert: Reagan's popularity continued down to a low of 42 percent and Republicans lost 26 seats in the House of Representatives after two years of the Reagan presidency. Many political experts predict even stiffer losses for Democrats in November.)

"It is absolutely uncanny. A relationship like this is remarkable," said Gary Langer , ABC's polling director, who has been noting the popularity comparison between the two men since Obama's inauguration. Read Langer's analysis here and here.

Obama and Reagan
The comparison might be coincidental, but there is no doubt that Democrats in the White House will look to Regan's rebound from unpopularity to become a conservative luminary as they chart a course for Obama from falling popularity in 2010 to reelection in 2012.

"I couldn't help thinking that if Obama compares himself to any other president, it seems to me to be Ronald Reagan," said George Stephanopoulos after a lunch with the president before this year's State of the Union address. "Despite ultimately having an enormously popular presidency, at this point in his presidency -- just one year in -- Reagan had lower approval ratings than Obama does now and faced an array of economic challenges," wrote Stephanopoulos

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barack-obama-ronald-reagan-approval-ratings-economy-link/story?id=11182543
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Re: Barack Obama's "Absolutely Uncanny" Similarity To Ronald Reagan
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2010, 07:39:27 PM »
"Despite ultimately having an enormously popular presidency, at this point in his presidency -- just one year in -- Reagan had lower approval ratings than Obama does now and faced an array of economic challenges"


THIS is why repubs should stop having a circle jerk about how anybody will just trounce Obama in 2012, that they have this thing in the bag, etc.

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Re: Barack Obama's "Absolutely Uncanny" Similarity To Ronald Reagan
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2010, 08:27:49 PM »
This is laughable.  Reagan didn't push a socialist agenda.  Reagan had a Democrat Congress.  Not much of a comparison IMO.  

Obama will always have a group of loyal liberals who support him.  Just try talking to an ardent supporter.  They are fanatical.  Because of that, I think his approval rating will stay in the 40s.  But what we will likely not see is a surge in his popularity based on his socialist agenda.  I really can't see him becoming as popular as Reagan.  


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Re: Barack Obama's "Absolutely Uncanny" Similarity To Ronald Reagan
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2010, 08:32:02 PM »
Obama doesn't care about being popular... And I don't think he cares about a second term all that much - as much as he cares about punching his agenda through.

As a result, at the end of his first term in 2012, he will have punched thru more lib legislation than any president in decades.

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Re: Barack Obama's "Absolutely Uncanny" Similarity To Ronald Reagan
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 04:58:49 AM »
Reagans policies worked.Obamas are an utter failure that have been tried over and over again and have ALWAYS failed.

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Re: Barack Obama's "Absolutely Uncanny" Similarity To Ronald Reagan
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2010, 05:25:39 AM »
Reagan loved the nation and had a long history of discussion the history, the founders, freedom, etc. 

Obama hates the nation, thinks its fatally flawed, and only has a track record of rabble rousing, agitating situations, and complaining.  He is a disgusting traitor and incompetent who has nothing but petty politics to deflect from his failures.   








Contrast that with this nonsense:




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Re: Barack Obama's "Absolutely Uncanny" Similarity To Ronald Reagan
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2010, 05:28:43 AM »
Let's see obama ever give a speech like this.    ::)  ::)  ::)