Pres. Reagan's Death Unifies Republican Party

Thousands of mourners are expected to pay tribute to former President Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday. Many are saying that Reagan's death is having a unifying effect on the country and the Republican Party, pointing out that Congress has put aside other agendas to draft resolutions honoring the late president. One Republican senator said that he has never before seen such a spirit of cooperation among so many politicians.

The behavior of the nation's Democrats, on the other hand, is fueling speculation over how many popular Democratic former presidents would have to die for the Democratic Party to be similarly unified. A national FoxNews poll conducted today found that only 23% of Democrats would describe their party as "unified." However, that number rises to 58% when respondents were asked to describe their party after the hypothetical death of a popular Democratic former president, and to 81% after the deaths of two former Democratic presidents. The FoxNews article then made a not-so-subtle recommendation for which former Democratic president could best serve his country in that manner, by revealing recent comments from former President Bill Clinton, who selfishly "expressed anger" after he and President Carter were "left off the speaker's list" of Friday's Reagan State Funeral.