Reagan's Party The Champion of Free Markets and Individualism

Then-Governor Ronald Reagan joined Face the Nation in 1975 to talk about whether or not he would challenge President Gerald Ford for the ... For more than 30 years, the Republican Party was defined by Ronald Reagan's famous three-legged stool: a coalition of fiscal conservatives, ... His victory in the 1976 elections brought the Democratic Party to power, though he lost in a landslide to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. Then-Governor Ronald Reagan joined Face the Nation in 1975 to talk about whether or not he would challenge President Gerald Ford for the ... Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following his landslide victory over Democrat incumbent president Jimmy Carter and independent congressman ... The 78-year-old (who will become the oldest-ever president during his term) has been the face of the Republican party for the past decade, ... Ted Kennedy while also campaigning against Republican opponent Ronald Reagan and third-party candidate John Anderson. Carter was also ... Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, noting that Reagan was the first national politician who opposed abortion and believed that a strong ... He served as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1981–1982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House ... It was Jimmy Carter, not Ronald Reagan, who began reducing the regulatory burdens on such industries as airlines, trucking, railroads, ...