One of the nationβs first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.
Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have β and made a pact to speak at each otherβs funerals.
Forty-four years ago, Ronald Reagan took aim at Jimmy Carterβs environmental legacy. President Bidenβs climate initiatives could face a similar fate.
To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside short-term political considerations.
Jimmy Carterβs relationship with his successors in the Oval Office, both Republicans and fellow Democrats, was generally tense because of his outspokenness. That never mattered to him.
In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, βa keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel.β