Time (February 7)
2011/ 02/ 09 by jd in Global News
Inspiration comes from the unexpected, as President Obama’s growing interest in Ronald Reagan illustrates. “At a glance, it’s hard to imagine a President who had less in common with Reagan than the Ivy League lawyer from Hawaii who seeks larger federal investments, a bigger social safety net and new regulations for Wall Street and Big Oil.” Yet Obama is looking to Reagan as a role model because of the persona he was able to create and the transformational change he was able to realize.