Looking at Reagan’s Victory

LOOKING AT REAGAN’S VICTORY

Four more years for Ronald Reagan—and, in theory, almost four more still for Margaret Thatcher, although in practice she will probably try her luck at the polls again a bit sooner. The two of them were elected originally on very similar platforms. Both were enthusiastically re-elected, thanks partly to their own qualities and partly to their opponents’ weaknesses. And the query for them both now is whether the radical principles adumbrated in their rhetoric can be transformed, during this second term, into a lasting new sense of direction for their respective countries.

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LOOKING AT REAGAN’S VICTORY

Four more years for Ronald Reagan—and, in theory, almost four more still for Margaret Thatcher, although in practice she will probably try her luck at the polls again a bit sooner. The two of them were elected originally on very similar platforms. Both were enthusiastically re-elected, thanks partly to their own qualities and partly to their opponents’ weaknesses. And the query for them both now is whether the radical principles adumbrated in their rhetoric can be transformed, during this second term, into a lasting new sense of direction for their respective countries.