Reagan's Campaign Troubles A Case Study in Political Obstacles

The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan answered it with a pledge to resign if he became impaired. You should be able to explain how the brevity and ambiguity of Article II allows presidents to interpret these powers, especially in relation to Congress. You ... The message was clear: elect Republicans if you want considerable change in. American politics. As much as possible, Reagan emphasized that all Republican. Ronald Reagan's landslide election as President and the Republican Party's takeover of the Senate gives a substantial push to the rightward trend. Reagan asserted that voters faced a ''historic choice'' between his economic policies and Walter F. Mondale's program of ''higher taxes, more ... Consequently, President Carter and the Democrats went before the electorate in 1980 with the worst of all possible situations--high inflation, increased ... The possibility that Ronald Reagan may not be reelected has moved into political discussion in Washington for the first time. In the 1980 presidential election, Republican former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide. "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Abernathy, after professing his support for Reagan, said he opposed President Carter 'on behalf of poor black people who can't make it under ...