WTF Is It Now?!?

Bush attempt to siphon off Reagan limelight backfiring big time
BBC political analyst Tom Carver says Bush's effort to scoop up reflected light from Reagan -is a big mistake:

Indeed, the Bush team faces a very real danger. The tidal wave of Reagan memories - his smiling image, his greatest hits, the feel-good associations - may end up overwhelming George W Bush to the point where the candidate is diminished, not enhanced.

The president's biggest problem is that he is no Ronald Reagan. Though denounced at the time as inflammatory, Reagan's 'evil empire' remains an undeniably influential phrase, whilst George Bush's 'axis of evil' already seems like a cheap rip-off with no coherent logic.

Right now, Bunnypants is trying so hard to wrap himself in Saint Ronnie's mantle that "there are more references to Reagan's phrase than those of Mr Bush on his own website." Most tellingly of all: "Out in front of the Capitol, more than one Republican said to me with a sigh: 'I wish we had a Ronald Reagan today.'" (Thanks to democrats.com)