Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As governor of California in 1970, Reagan endeared himself to millions of conservatives nationwide when he publicly rebuked the anti-war movement that was exploding on college campuses.
Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.
Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.
Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.
Reagan won because he was real. He believed in America. He told people he was gonna make it great again coming out of a disastrous four years of Jimmy Carter and Watergate before that.
And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.
Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.
I am a Reagan Republican.
Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President.
Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president.