re: #258 Killgore Trout

I actually think the Republicans should look more towards Lincoln that Reagan. Conservatives are part of the problem. Lincoln was a forward looking “progressive”, Reagan was a backwards looking conservative. BTW, I’m not talking about adopting progressive liberalism, but Republicans need to starting adopting a more classical liberal/libertarian ideology.

I also think we need to look beyond Reagan. He’s within living memory so it’s easy. He was a great, great President (to us, anyway). But it worked in 1980. The country is a different place now. The Independents and Reagan Democrats are different people now.