MarkDel
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2004, 12:33:24 PM » |
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JohnFord,
I agree with you that the 1972 Election would have been ripe for Reagan, but for very different reasons. I think Nixon's appeal in 1972 was largely based on his appeal to the "silent majority" who were sick to death of the lawlessness that had been so prevelant on the streets and college campuses of America in the late 1960's and early 1970's. When Reagan was elected Governor of California, a big part of his appeal to working class Democrats and Independents is that he would be tough on campus radicals and other left wing extremists who had A LOT of power in that time. And if Nixon was a strong sell to the general public in 1972 as a "law and order" candidate, imagine how strong a candidate Reagan would have been?
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