When I first heard the news - of Reagan's death - last night, my first thought was that Bush will get 5-10% bump from all the Reagan Hagiophry (spelling?).
But as I watched some of it this morning and I realised something that Billmon (www.billmon.org) also alludes to in his Obitish post about Reagan.
Reagan, for all his stupidity and fake folksiness (the same as W), he never came across as the arsehole that W does.
Billmon hits the nail on the head. Reagan smiled.... W smirks.
Now the question: Does W still get that bump in the polls, or do[editor's note, by altusm]had to fix my grammar there... having English as a second language is a bitch[ED/ends] people compare him against the Gipper and he comes up short?