>Ike, LBJ or Reagan could be President today and why wouldn't the same partisan shrieking desensitize the people so they can't distinguish between an "Obama caused Ebola!" shriek and a "Nixon burglarized his rivals and tried to cover it up!" shriek? IMO that's the issue now.

I don't think any of those men could get elected in today's political circus. They would dredge up Ike's affair during the war, LBJ would have left far too many 'butt-hurt' in the Senate, and Reagan would be called a RINO.