Hey, this is going to take a bigger nutshell than I thought. We'll wrap it up next week. Or maybe we'll wait for the great man's 100 th . We're sure no-one's mind was changed, but everyone enjoyed the workout. The left will not stop their relentless march toward despotic socialism unless they are stopped.
Leadership is part act and part appearance and tone.
Reagan's tax cut was supposed to be accompanied by huge spending cuts promised by Tip O'Neil and company that never happened. That was one of the reasons for the huge deficit. The defense build up forced the Soviets to try and match it and that broke them. But above all was the tone and the appearance that Reagan brought to the Nation. In contrast to the cold and clinical Carter, he was warm and cheerful and showed he cared.