I am not paying for the rag.... but I did glance a bit at the article while waiting in line at the Grocery store. Obama claims to be a huge fan of his because of his communications skills and his transformational politics.
Personally, I think they like him because he was so effective, and because he is dead. They can now rewrite history all they want.
I do think Reagan would get a laugh out of what the left is saying. They think the message is less important than the messenger. A bit of folly Reagan himself would laugh at.
Amazing how dead conservatives become liberal heros. Even Nixon got a small bit of the treatment, mostly because of his sudden reverses of field, something they really admire.