Obama's campaign rhetoric reminds me of Reagan in 1980 and 1984

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Obama's strategy seems to be to outflank Hillary by presenting himself as even more conservative than she. His rhetoric reminds me of Ronald Reagan's campaigns. I keep waiting for Peggy Noonan to pop up behind Obama at a campaign stop in Iowa.

Obama appeals to right-wing curmudgeons by echoing their gripes about hippies and long-hairs. He sounds like he's standing around retirement villages at Hilton Head with a bunch of old white guys who wear their sansabelts up around their necks.

Then Obama turns around and tries to appeal to the younger set by claiming that he's actually one of them, not one of those tired old geezer baby boomers.

Next it's on to the Evangelical crowd as he throws the GLBTQ vote under the bus.

"It's morning in America."