10-14-2002, 08:38 AM
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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
Actually, the presidency Carter inherited was a no win situation. 
I'm thankful Reagan wasn't the Republican candidate in 1976(he was very close to unseating Ford in the primary, but it's hard not to support a sitting president). He would have won, but his plight wouldn't have been much better than Carter's.
The first elected president after Nixon was DOOMED!
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I think he might have fared a bit better. Granted Crater did inherit a bunch of problems, but then most presidents do. I think Reagan being a much more decisive man and taking a more "Macho" approach rather than the "turn the other cheek" aproach may have staved off some of the Problems Carter had in his last 2 years in office. Not to mention I think the end of the Cold war may have been moved up a few years.
Of course that is all conjecture and speculation.
[ 10-14-2002, 08:46 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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