Reagan Enters Bipartisan Pantheon, Joining FDR, HST, JFK

I don’t think Obama misspoke when he praised Ronald Reagan over the weekend and was then attacked by the Clintons, of course, for doing so. He’s on to something. Reagan himself won in part by invoking great Democratic presidents, FDR and Truman. Personally, I was against Reagan from start to finish (Iran Contra, defense budget, supply-side economics), but Reagan was positive and popular, and he had a vision. Call it a simplistic vision, but the guy knew what he stood for, and it was bigger than his own ambitions. People remember Reagan very positively, and Obama is wise to invoke his name. At some point, larger-than-life presidents take on a bipartisan glow, and I believe this is happening with Reagan. Other Dems are sure to follow suit. While other former presidents lose stature by the second. Oh, who could I be thinking of?