Reagan Loses Steam

It’s Lord of the Flies time in Washington for the GOP. Every man for himself, and the law of the jungle rules. Last year Ronald Reagan dominated the agenda. This year he is dominated by any fast fist that hits town, notably Bob Dole’s, Pete Domenici’s, Bob Packwood’s, and Dave Stockman’s.

In a brutal and gratuitous political assault, Bob Packwood charged in an AP interview that the President goes merrily along on his own track at White House leadership conferences, anecdotalizing all problems away, really un- communicable with, and in effect over the hill. This is the same Ronald Reagan, by the way, who, less than a year and a half ago, communicated well enough in a protracted presidential campaign to win 489 out of 538 electoral votes, carrying 44 out of fifty states.

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It’s Lord of the Flies time in Washington for the GOP. Every man for himself, and the law of the jungle rules. Last year Ronald Reagan dominated the agenda. This year he is dominated by any fast fist that hits town, notably Bob Dole’s, Pete Domenici’s, Bob Packwood’s, and Dave Stockman’s.

In a brutal and gratuitous political assault, Bob Packwood charged in an AP interview that the President goes merrily along on his own track at White House leadership conferences, anecdotalizing all problems away, really un- communicable with, and in effect over the hill. This is the same Ronald Reagan, by the way, who, less than a year and a half ago, communicated well enough in a protracted presidential campaign to win 489 out of 538 electoral votes, carrying 44 out of fifty states.