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Dissecting Leftism — ... government. As he faces this challenge, he might remember the fate of another man who made taxes the central part of his campaign: the first President Bush, whose most memorable campaign line -- "Read my lips, no new taxes" -- was as central to his victory as Mr. Obama's promise to cut taxes for 95% of Americans. George H.W. Bush famously reneged on that promise. Voters rejected his bid for a second term. Mr. Obama ran like Reagan. Will he be able to govern that way, too? Source ************************* ELSEWHERE Big British welfare ...

Rasmussen: Obama Ran as Reagan
Moonbattery — Pollster Scott Rasmussen offers a ray of hope at the WSJ: Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates. Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed the approach that worked for Ronald ...

Ronald Wilson Obama?
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] From Scott Rasmussen : Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates. Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed the approach that worked for Ronald Reagan. His victory confirmed that voters still embrace the guiding beliefs of the Reagan era. On ...

Reagan Rules
N/A — ... Obama is the heir to Reagan.  Or something: “His victory confirmed that voters still embrace the guiding beliefs of the Reagan era.“ ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Reaganism Lives
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Scott Rassmussen makes a convincing case that Barack Obama's election represented the vindication of Reaganite principles , rather than the repudiation of them. After all, President-elect Obama promised tax cuts to most everyone, while the Bush Administration (by necessity, but also rotten luck) was saddled with engineering a $700 billion bailout deal. Here's a key point Rassmussen (the ...

Reagan Always Wins.  Always.
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... Scott Rasmussen opines today that Barack Obama’s election reaffirms the central tenet of American political life, which is that Ronald Reagan is what people want, even before Ronald Reagan was around to let us know how much we wanted him. ...

Will First Un-American President End The American Dream?
Riehl World View — ... an annoying degree as so many seem intent on doing. The next two, four, six and eight years will be an invigorating time for conservatives in America. The battle lines will be drawn around positions and policies. Old and new alliances need to form, or re-shape. But stay vigilant and vibrant, my conservative friends. Over the years ahead we are going to fight to preserve everything that truly makes America great. And in the end, I don't believe we will lose. The fact is, the vast majority of Americans actually want us to succeed. ...

The Polls Show That Reaganism Is Not Dead
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — By SCOTT RASMUSSEN - (WSJ) Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates. Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed the approach that worked for Ronald Reagan. His victory confirmed that voters still embrace the guiding ...

Wonders
Whiskey Fire — ... As it turns out all along Barack Obama was Ronald Reagan. Intriguing. I had no idea "The Gipper" was a socialist.

PoliGazette — ... Pollster Scott Rasmussen explains that Americans may have elected a Democrat president, but that America remains a center-right country nonetheless. ...

Grabbing The Gipper’s Message
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... Scott Rasmussen has an excellent take on the Obama victory that bears reading in full. I’ll excerpt a bit, then ask you go over to the link and read the rest. Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates. Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed ...

Reaganism Isn’t Dead
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] Scott Rasmussen says Obama won by reminding voters of an earlier eloquent, upbeat, tax-cutting candidate: Ronald Reagan. – DRJ

Tuesday morning links
Maggie's Farm — ... his peanut butter and jelly sandwich with all the people of this country." From the KKK to Birding. Newt offers himself up. I say, Take the offer. He has all the brains in the Stupid Party. Norm rates the Emmylou albums. My favorite is always the most recent one I've heard. Child labor can be a good idea PJ O'Rourke says "We Blew It." I know what he means, but I do not entirely agree. Polls show Reaganism is far from dead. How to avoid the clutches of Obama Derangement ...