WE ARE OPEN - WEEK ELEVEN - PRESIDENTIAL SERIES: LANDSLIDE - February 9th - February 15th - Chapter Ten - No Spoilers, Please

[Vincent]

Martin wrote: ""Did it bother anyone that the political consulting firm Spencer-Roberts played such a big role in molding Reagan into a viable politician, or is that just the way things are done?"

You know, Ann,..."

But Martin was it that the money and the paid for Spencer - Roberts was necessary for Reagan to even be willing to take the risk to run.

I think after the "landslide" loss of Goldwater the Republicans wanted someone they thought could win - even if it was just California for now -and they found a way to make a path that Reagan could/would follow with a script that he could use.

[Vincent]

Brian wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Yes quite ironic Lewis - from the Mies Institute:

The result has been unprecedented government debt. Reagan has tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion. ..."

But Bush one abandoned "voodoo economics" to get the vice presidential nomination - a great disappointment to me, at the time, of this patriot and ethical public servant.
Was he the last president who actually fought in a war?

Who is Jim Webb?

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome back. That is funny about the Rotary club - it is true things that would be fine in the 70s would not fly at all now.