Will Barack Obama be remembered as the Democrats' Nixon?

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Very possibly, or rather Obama could be the Democrat's Nixon if Nixon hadn't completely destroyed his reputation with Watergate.

Benghazi fetishists really want to complete the analogy.

Obama could very well be The Democrats' "Nixon done right".

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That's what I have been thinking for a while now. Really, the parallel Reagan-Bush41=FDR-Truman, Clinton=Ike, Dubya=JFK/LBJ, Obama=Nixon works impressively well. Following that logic, a moderate Republican should win in 2016 and then be defeated in 2020 by a progressive Democrat who would achieve the realignment. That's going to be pretty fun if it happens.

Only if Obama is convicted of something and Biden becomes President.

Plus, Obama's 2012 win is no 1972.

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That's what I have been thinking for a while now. Really, the parallel Reagan-Bush41=FDR-Truman, Clinton=Ike, Dubya=JFK/LBJ, Obama=Nixon works impressively well. Following that logic, a moderate Republican should win in 2016 and then be defeated in 2020 by a progressive Democrat who would achieve the realignment. That's going to be pretty fun if it happens.

Christie, then Warren? That'd be goooooooooooood.

Or Huntsman, then Warren. Or, let's be crazy here: Huntsman, then Bernie Sanders.

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That's what I have been thinking for a while now. Really, the parallel Reagan-Bush41=FDR-Truman, Clinton=Ike, Dubya=JFK/LBJ, Obama=Nixon works impressively well. Following that logic, a moderate Republican should win in 2016 and then be defeated in 2020 by a progressive Democrat who would achieve the realignment. That's going to be pretty fun if it happens.

Christie, then Warren? That'd be goooooooooooood.

Or Huntsman, then Warren. Or, let's be crazy here: Huntsman, then Bernie Sanders.

I'd like a Democratic Party that worships Bernie Sanders as a god.

He's not my favorite Democratic Senator, but I'd support a Sanders Campaign in any way I can.

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Chris Christie will be the Republican Jimmy Carter.

The Democratic Reagan...?

Oh, anybody. My liberal fantasy is Al Franken or Bernie Sanders

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The only thing that complicates this a bit is Hillary, though I could actually see her loosing to Christie. 
Possible Democratic Reagans:
Elizabeth Warren
Tammy Baldwin
Kyrsten Sinema
Van Jones (maybe when Pelosi retires he can run for her seat)
Ben Lujan

Boy, I can't wait for 2020

If you REALLY want to get technical, Reagan was an actor from a liberal state who got involved in politics. Besides Al Franken, do we have someone like that?