in it's implications. this is not to say that Obama is similiar to Reagan in philosophy, but rather in style. Indeed Barack is a true counterpoint to The Gipper, philisophically.

It's too bad that most Republicans don't believe in stem cell research, because if they did they'd be one step closer to cloning Reagan, which after watching the first GOP debate seems to be about all they care about.

George Will is not a right wing christo-fascist/ neocon. He's the quintessential anti-welfare state conservative, to be sure, and we'll likely not agree on much, but I do respect his opinion. He is a Republican who is not, in a word, scary. Kind of like the Governor of California. I would put Christine Todd Whitman in this category also. So many of these "moderate" Republican voices have been marginalized by the Rove/ Bush red meat to "the base" style of governance.  

I think the last straw for George Will and company may have been the recent GOP debate, wherein half the candidates disavowed evolution, one promised, with a maniacal grin, to follow OBL to the Gates of hell, and all pledged fidelity to the 40th POTUS, R.I.P.

George Will pointed out that despite the panderings evident in the debate, the 2008 candidate closest in spirit to "The Great Communicator" is Barack Obama.

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