Stuart Spencer dead: Strategist launched Ronald Reagan’s political career

Stuart K., a Republican strategist who took a failed movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him governor of California and later president, helping to invent the modern political consulting business in the process.・Mr. Spencer passed away. He was 97 years old. Spencer died Sunday, according to his daughter Karen. Spencer once dreamed of […]

TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Carter’s Greatest Conflict vs. Reagan’s

When President Jimmy Carter ran for re-election in 1980, he had to compete against former California Governor Ronald Reagan. It wasn’t a contest. Reagan captured 44 of the 50 states. and won Over 8 million popular votes. Why was Carter’s re-election effort so disastrous? Perhaps the most important reason, but not the only reason, is […]

Column: How Ronald Reagan’s words live on in Donald Trump’s rhetoric

SACRAMENTO — run for president, ronald reagan He repeatedly promised to “make America great again.” Thirty-six years later, Donald Trump caught the line and became the great plagiarist. “Reagan was the original MAGA. No questions asked. Trump ignored what Reagan said.” Ken Khachigian, political consultant, speechwriter, and author he said to me. President Reagan used […]