You sir, are no Ronald Reagan
by digby
In Salon today I wrote a little Ted Cruz making his pitch as the next Ronald Reagan. It’s not quite a dumb as it sounds. Except for one thing:
First he laid out his agenda, which is actually quite clever:
… from repealing “every blessed word” of Obamacare and the Common Core educational standards, to auditing the Federal Reserve and standing with Israel and dissidents around the world. He even struck a populist note, saying, “the rich keep getting richer and richer, and everyone else gets left behind,” while those in the “corrupt, bipartisan cabal in Washington” succeed.
Mix together a dash of Rand Paul, a soupçon of Tea Party, a smidgen of standard Washington loathing and even a tiny skosh of Occupy Wall Street and you’ve got the basis for an unusual GOP amuse bouche. Ladle on some Ronald Reagan secret sauce and you’ve got a Republican recipe that actually sounds like it might work
Well it could. Theoretically. But this is Ted Cruz we’re talking about. Read on …
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