(Courtesy of the RonaldReagan Presidential Library) In March 1965, a washed-up B-movie actor dialed a couple of young Republican operatives and invited them to lunch at his home in Pacific ...
A. January 1981 was a good time to be a Republican. RonaldReagan was about to become president after defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter in November, and the GOP controlled the U.S. Senate for ...
Spencer helped invent the modern political consulting business with its emphasis on TV-centric campaigning. In a Republican Party that turned sharply rightward and more combative, Spencer was a ...