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What's with the Democratic Reagan Rhetoric?

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By David Folkenflik

Published January 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM EST

In their latest debate, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed over comments Obama made about former President Ronald Reagan. Obama called Reagan a "transformational president." David Folkenflik looks at the political wisdom of a Democratic candidate invoking the memory of a Republican president.

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