Recall that Reagan was not only the long-time governor of California, he was also a card-carrying member of the conservative movement who had built up credibility ever since he gave a speech for Goldwater in 1964. He may have spoken in universal rhetoric, but no one had any doubt where his political loyalties resided.
Exactly. Which is something I find so frustrating in much of what has been said about Obama. I have no doubts about where his political loyalties reside. He doesn't feel the Iraq War vote should be a litmus test for the Presidency but I do. I think is was a litmus test of true liberalism. The man has lived his entire life on a singular path embracing liberal idealism: community organizer, civil rights lawyer, constitutional law professor, State Senator working on health care, and the rights of those coming into contact with the police and justice systems, US Senator working on Ethics. I have no doubts, none, about the card he carries and I don't need him to say Democrat over and over again to convince me.
