Dear William,

Exiting the party conventions, the theme guiding both Republican and Democratic strategies aims to highlight past electoral glory.  Not surprisingly, how far back each party would have you selectively remember is variable requiring additional research for many of today’s young voters.   Still viewing the 2012 narratives through the nostalgia filter-reminding the public when they were strong and the people concurred with their leadership is the horse race, marketing campaign we’re watching through November.   So it’s fair to say that the GOP, in an effort to garner credibility for its current flock of candidates and policy proposals, have attempted an 80’s nostalgia tour doubling as party platform.  Unwilling to rehash the achievements and legacies of the two most recent Republican Presidents for different reasons, we’re back congressing with the Republican party of the early 80’s in the hopes they might forget the space in between.  Why so far back ...