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Every now and then, magic can happen. It wasn't until Ronald Reagan demolished Jimmy Carter's repeated critique of his position on Medicare with "There you go again" that many Americans began to get comfortable with the idea of Reagan in the Oval Office. But more often, what voters take away from the debates is confirmation of their misgivings about a candidate: Richard Nixon's inner darkness, Gerald Ford's cluelessness, George H.W. Bush's aloofness, Gore's changeability...
...them former Marxists), mostly from New York and northern California, spent these “wilderness” years in think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. Together, they crafted what would become neo-conservatism—an attack on Jimmy’s Carter weakness, but mainly a new conservative agenda to end arms control, rebuild the military, aid anti-Communists and thus (they believed) defeat the Soviet Union. This was the coherent policy vision Ronald Reagan could consistently embrace; this was the program the voters of 1980 understood they would be getting...
Rubenstein said that another reason he gave the gift was that he regretted his lack of formal training in public policy before working for the government under the Carter Administration as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy...
DIED. BROCK ADAMS, 77, Democratic Congressman from Washington State who served as President Jimmy Carter's Transportation Secretary for two years; in Stevensville, Md. Elected to the House in 1964, he became chairman of the Budget Committee before joining Carter's Cabinet in 1977. After returning to his law practice, he made a political comeback in 1986, unseating Republican Senator Slade Gorton in a close race. After facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment--all of which he denied--he retired in 1992 after one term...
...disappointed to see the opposition cry foul at the results of the referendum on whether to recall Chávez. They got exactly what they wanted: a referendum, a new vote, ample time to campaign and a brigade of international observers, including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Voters supported Chávez's leadership by voting no in the recall referendum. It's apparent that the upper and middle classes, who are the minority, just don't get it. For decades, the plight of the majority poor was simply ignored. The tables have turned, and for the first time...