The Presidency: If He Would Just Get Interested

If He Would Just Get Interested

There is something out there waiting to be taken and shaped and used in the great political spectacle opening in Washington between the Democratic Congress and the Republican White House.

Whether Ronald Reagan has the verve, the understanding and the imagination to grab it is the hour's most intriguing question. It will take a touch of humility, a bit of conciliation and no little amount of old-fashioned soft soap. If he misses the opportunity, then in all likelihood the system will roll by and maybe even over him while he huddles in the White House, a giant become pitiful.

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