Bush likely to invoke Reagan's memory throughout campaign.

From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | Date: June 11, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Bill Lambrecht

WASHINGTON _ President George W. Bush often invokes the memory of Ronald Reagan, and he's likely to do so more often as his re-election campaign progresses.

So it was ironic that Reagan's death last week overshadowed some positive news that Bush desperately wants voters to appreciate.

As the eyes of the nation turned to the former president's state funeral, the U.N. Security Council gave Bush the diplomatic success that had eluded him for months by voting in favor of a plan to end the formal occupation of Iraq and involve the United Nations in ...

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