Ronald Reagan The People's President, Why He Was So Beloved

Brands brilliantly establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, a true peer to Franklin Roosevelt. Brands brilliantly establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the. Page 2. 2 twentieth century, a true peer to Franklin Roosevelt. Reagan ... At the core of Reagan's character was courage, a courage that was, simply, natural to him, a courage that was ultimately contagious. Doing so certainly did not hinder his development; if anything, it helped. Some people will think I'm stupid for saying that, but we have ... There is simply no other Republican president in the past 100 years that they are truly proud of, so all effort goes into raising him up. Many assume that his political outlook changed so much as he moved to the right that he rejected FDR and the New Deal. But Reagan always said “I ... Ronald Reagan had days earlier won a crushing re-election victory ... Most of my interviews had been with local officials, so I had a moment of ... In 1980 Ronald Reagan asked that famous question “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” in the debate with Jimmy Carter. Reagan went ... ... popular vote since 1988. The ... Eisenhower in 1952, Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980, Barack Obama in 2008 and Biden in 2020. Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, reflects on his journey through Washington, beginning with his work ...