How did Ronald Reagan go from being a Hollywood actor to one of the most formidable campaigners in American history? Before 1966, the idea of Reagan in politics provoked widespread scorn. To most people, he seemed a has-been actor, a right-wing extremist and a 'dunce'. Journalis…
How did Ronald Reagan go from being a Hollywood actor to one of the most formidable campaigners in American history? Before 1966, the idea of Reagan in politics provoked widespread scorn. To most people, he seemed a has-been actor, a right-wing extremist and a 'dunce'. Journalis…
"Ronald Reagan's first great victory, in the 1966 California governor's race, is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown wa…