Obama Channeling Reagan to Break Credo Government Is the Problem

President Barack Obama has long aspired to emulate Ronald Reagan in changing the trajectory of American politics. Halfway through his presidency, the evidence is that public opinion is bending Obama’s way.

While Reagan declared that “government is the problem” and vowed to “lighten our punitive tax burden,” Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes with an opposing vision that calls for federal action to promote equality, require greater sacrifice for those at the top, and address everything from climate change to health insurance.