Where's Reagan? - Reagan and Our Politics Today
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Where does Reagan fit into politics today? Would he fit in the modern GOP? Or somewhere else. Can you compare and contrast Reagan and Trump in any meaningful way? How was his Presidency? How do his accomplishment stack up and what can future politicians learn from his example? We review the dozen episodes of our series on President Reagan and attempt to answer a few questions.
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Supporters say Reagan is the reason the Cold War ended. Detractors say he happened upon a defeated power.  The truth?  Well... A look at Reagan's second term, meetings with Gorbachev, the INF treaty, and other moves as we attempt to determine Reagan's actual role.  
Published 03/01/20
It's 1983 and the world is scared.  In answering the question of Reagan's credit for "winning the Cold War." it's necessary to break up the first-term pre-Gorbachev moves from the second-term moves.  We do that in this episode
Published 12/12/19