Over at the American Enterprise Institute’s blog, William Inboden has written a smart piece, “Is Obama’s First Term Like Reagan’s?” Will addresses the narrative being put forth by President Obama’s aides, according to which Obama’s first term is analogous not to Carter’s (an increasingly common comparison these days) but to Reagan’s.

While granting that this is a clever try “if one can get past the irony of an administration simultaneously trying to dismantle the Reagan legacy while embracing the Reagan image,” Inboden writes, “As a matter of history, it is, well, dubious.” Inboden explains why. It’s worth the read.