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To: Lane3 who wrote (48937)	6/6/2004 7:56:37 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

"...all the attention to Reagan this week may not be a good thing for Bush because it may cause Bush to seem lacking in comparison..." kholt, let me see if I follow your logic correctly. Attention to Reagan this week may not be a good thing for Bush because he may seem lacking in comparison. Am I right in deducing the following implications re: the current Presidential race during this coming week of Remembering Reagan? Bush, compared to Reagan, is a negative for Bush. Kerry, compared to Reagan and then Bush, winds up with a net positive. Bush's negative score when compared to Reagan means that his opponent, Kerry, will score positively as the public remembers Reagan. Does it follow in chasing your logic that Kerry, since Bush scores a negative when compared with Reagan scores a positive, Kerry sucking up all of the positives in the minds of a Remembering Reagan public?. In other words, in the current Presidential election cycle, Remembering Reagan throughout this week will serve to reduce Bush's appeal to the voters and enhance Kerry's appeal thereby redounding to the credit of the Democratic campaign and detracting from that of the Republicans. Is this what you comment implies? Or does my attempt to provide a logical analysis of your comments lead me to erronious conclusions?

To: Lane3 who wrote (48937)	6/6/2004 11:28:54 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

Disagree. I think the Reagan funeral, the remembrance, the focus on his values and achievements, will result in a comparison to who Kerry is, his aristocratic values and background, lack of conviction and humility, which will result in a significant advantage to Bush, who will be seen as trying to fulfill the Reagan legacy, though perhaps not as well as Reagan himself would have done. The public will realize that there was only one Reagan, and that his boots will be hard to fill. It will not penalize Bush for not living up to a Grand Old Man, but it will slam Kerry, who has nothing in common with Reagan. Simply my opinion, undoubtedly biased by my predilections.

To: Lane3 who wrote (48937)	6/6/2004 2:38:58 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

Disagree with that...attention to Reagan this week may not be a good thing for Bush ... The thing that made Reagan so popular with Americans was his character...his honesty...and his strength with humor. It shouldn't take a high IQ for people when they watch and listen to all the clips from the past with Reagan to make their own observations about then and now. I don't think GWBush will be found lacking ...other than, of course, his lack of the glib tongue. The thing that is striking to me is how much we, as a society, have become uncivil. It becomes glaringly apparent where it is coming from as well. All we have to do is see from whose lips the snarling, nasty, vituperative words gush .... I believe we will see it isn't from the Ronald Reagan Republicans.

To: Lane3 who wrote (48937)	6/6/2004 6:00:07 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

Attention to Reagan is a good for Bush 43 imo, for two reasons: Reagan's administration is thought better of in retrospect than it was thought of at the time. Partly because he won the Cold War, partly because he succeeded in changing the whole arena of political discourse, in a way no president since FDR had managed. Bush 43 is the most Reaganesque president since Reagan, far more so than his father Bush 41. Certainly in his policies, though he falls short on the communications front.