“Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.”
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Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.
I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.
Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we don't see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around.
The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.
