There is no question that, in 1980, Ronald Reagan had been portrayed as a war-monger, somebody who couldn't do anything off a script. And the one debate with President Jimmy Carter, he stood toe-to-toe and reassured people that he wasn't bound and determined to start World War III on the spot and could make a coherent statement.
Mark ShieldsNow the Republicans have a very low-scale, by economic standards, base. Donald Trump has.
Mark ShieldsThe measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide enough for those who have too little.
Mark ShieldsMitt Romney looks like a secretary of state. He looks like the chancellor of the exchequer.
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