'Mourning in America' Recalls Ronald Reagan's Famous Ad

Chris Weber
posted September 22, 2010

In 1984, Ronald Reagan's re-election was helped along by his now-famous series of television ads, which proclaimed it "Morning in America" and struck a sunny, optimistic chord with the electorate.

Now a conservative grassroots lobbying group is invoking Reagan by offering a similar ad, but with a dour twist. Called "Mourning in America," the spot by Citizens for the Republic attacks President Barack Obama's "failed" policies, saying the country is "fading, and weaker, and worse off." the rest