When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It was no contest. Reagan took 44 of the 50 states and won the popular vote ...
Praise for Carter's deployment of hot water solar panels ignores, among other things, his promotion of coal and synthetic ...
But now we should pretend Carter didn't project weakness? This is quite different from CBS when Ronald Reagan died in 2004. Within minutes of the news of Reagan's death hitting the television ...
The failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran did doom President Jimmy Carter’s reelection bid, but the Jan. 16 letter ...
Many of Jackson’s supporters were neoconservatives who would later flock to Reagan. By being more liberal than conservative Democrats but more conservative than liberals, Carter developed a ...
arguing that the Iranians were pushed to make a deal after Reagan’s landslide defeat of Carter. In this telling of events, Tehran feared a forceful retaliation from Reagan if the hostages weren ...
Since 1948, if you were [an] undecided voter, in this case, Carter versus Reagan, you generally would stay with the incumbent, two-to-one. You just didn't want to change, you couldn't make up your ...
They were released on Reagan’s inauguration day, giving credit to Carter, but too late to aid his chance of being re-elected. The hostages, their families and friends, and even the American ...
Ronald Reagan gave us Star Wars ... his way to endorse the still-troubled V-22 Osprey helicopter for the Marines and a new submarine for the Navy. Jimmy Carter did the opposite.
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside ...
When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It was no contest. Reagan took 44 of the 50 states and won the popular vote ...