Can I Blame Ronald Reagan for the Current State of Politics?

Nov. 14, 2016 - PRLog -- Like most people, I was surprised by last week's election results. Regardless of your ideology, every poll indicated Clinton would win, including those used by the Republican party. However, after reflecting (and a little Monday morning quarterbacking), I've become less and less surprised and more and more convinced that Trump's win is the culmination of a trend that began under the direction of GOP icon Ronald Reagan.

In his first inaugural address, Republicans rejoiced when Ronald Reagan said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Almost 40 years later, Trump was able to tap into a segment of the population who feel disenfranchised and ignored; and one of the reasons they feel so disenfranchised and ignored is because every GOP candidate, pundit and political operative since Reagan have repeatedly told them that "government is the problem."

   We call this a self-fulfilling prophecywhere behavior influenced by expectations cause those expectations to come true. Basically, the more you hear it, the more you believe it, and more it comes to fruition. It typically starts small...

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