All the Republican presidential wanabes want to be like Reagan. This is understandable, since Reagan's ability to read naturally from a teleprompter was legendary.

For those folks who think the Reagan administration brought economic salvation by lifting the nation out of the high interest rates and high unemployment blamed on Jimmy Carter, the following article should show them their error:

The Reagan Years: A Statistical Overview of the 1980s

Reagan left the country meaner, more unequal, less stable, and less free than it was when he became president.