I also disagreed that Reagan was one of our greatest presidents. In my opinion, the Reagan years were whitewashed, and Reagan has been forgiven because he was a charismatic president. Furthermore, in 2008, The Reno Gazette interviewed Obama while he was campaigning for the presidency. In the interview, Obama made compared his leadership skills to Reagan’s. In addition, Obama stated that the citizens of our country needed clarity, optimism, and a return to a sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship. John Edwards, Obama’s opponent disagreed that Reagan was a great leader and venomously stated in an interview of his own, "When you think about what Ronald Reagan did to the American people, to the middle class to the working people…He was openly –
