2008 Presidential Election
Reagan supported Mitt Romney until he dropped out of the race on February 7, 2008. Eight days later Reagan announced his support for Senator John McCain of Arizona, comparing the nomination battle between Romney and McCain to the 1976 battle between Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. On the basis of Reagan's actions after losing to Ford in 1976, Michael Reagan said that his father would have supported McCain.
Reagan later expressed his support for McCain's running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, comparing her favorably to his father.
After the McCain–Palin ticket was defeated by Democrats Barack Obama and Joseph Biden, Reagan opined that the loss was the fault of "the big-government, big-spending Republicans", and that the Republican Party's path to success would be to appeal to "values voters".
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