Reagan's Mandate Deciphering the Issues that Guided His Presidency

Ronald Reagan quipped during their 2nd Debate in 1984. President Reagan's sense of humor even solicited a laugh from Democratic opponent Walter Mondale. 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. Abstract. While scholars have studied the manner in which the Christian Right supported President Reagan, they have neglected to examine Reagan's support for ... On 8 June 1982 US President Ronald Reagan spoke at the Palace of Westminster before an assembled audience of British politicians and dignitaries. Learn about Ronald Reagan's early life and political career, election as president in 1980, inauguration in 1981, assassination attempt, and his domestic and ... The 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's landslide re-election in 1984. But Donald Trump and his supporters seem keen on keeping the memory of Reagan alive. That was not apparent to most Americans when Reagan made his national debut in behalf of Barry Goldwater in 1964. The New Deal coalition created by President ... To carry out the Economic Recovery Program and regulatory relief at the Department of Labor, President Reagan selected Raymond J. Donovan to be Secretary of ... Ronald Reagan and Reaganism were blows from which the Democratic Party has not fully recovered in the 24 years since his election. Now, one side in this campaign has been telling us that the issues of this election are the maintenance of peace and prosperity. The line has been used "We ...