Reagan's Legacy Shaping the Future of American Leadership

A pure politics of nostalgia is inert. To be effective, memory must be mobilized in the service of the future. Of course the president was ... [Reagan's] significance stemmed less from the arms buildup and ideological offensive that he launched at the onset of his presidency in 1981 ... vice president would seem unlikely to risk his political future ... the Joseph Biden presidency, and implicitly once, during the Ronald Reagan presidency. Reagan thus has set a very important example and precedent and has taught future Presidents a very important lesson. VIL) The seventh legacy ... impact of Reagan's policies in Chile and Nicaragua, and explores what future U.S. presidents could learn from Reagan's foreign policy ... Reagan has set a very important example for future presidents. The Reagan Doctrine. The Reagan Doctrine is a policy of true liberation. It ... Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter. On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, ... He faced a series of tough choices that would determine the fate of his Presidency and the long- term future of the U.S. economy. ... the impact of chronic ... ... President Gerald Ford for the 1976 presidential nomination. Reagan also spoke about the impact of the Watergate scandal on his party. "Face ... More than any US president in modern times, he had enormous faith in the power of ideas. Reagan owed his election to his ideas, and their clarity was ...