Reagan's Rhetorical Brilliance The Art of Presidential Speechwriting

On Nov. 4, 1980, California's Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States. See CBS News' coverage of Reagan's ... When his term ended, in 1989, 77-year-old Reagan was at the time the oldest man to hold the presidency. While noting some evident cognitive ... When Carter was born in 1924, former President Calvin Coolidge was nearing the end of his first term and was just a month away from his second ... Carter, a Democrat, served a single term from 1977 to 1981, losing a reelection bid to Ronald Reagan. Despite his notable achievements as a ... Democrats gained a seat in the Senate and maintained only slightly reduced control of the House of Representatives. Reagan's triumphant reelection proved to be ... He accepted the Republican nomination in July of 2016. On November 8, 2016, Trump was elected President. He was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United ... Now, at 82 and after 35 years in the U.S. Senate, eight years as vice president and four as president, he clearly isn't looking forward to ... Through Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, the cold war came to an end, the country seemed to regain its morale, and Americans enjoyed an extended ... 1n 1984, Reagan was reelected to a second term in a 49-state landslide. During the eight years of his presidency, he reshaped national politics and carried out ... Currently, we are opening the records of the Presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981-89), and I want to explain some of the laws, regulations, and procedures involved ...