jan 1, 1976 - 1976: Reagan loses Rep. primaries to Ford, Carter wins presidency

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- uses daily radio to push ideas
- circumvents seeming liberal dominance of the mainstream press
- criticized Carter's foreign policy

- Mar. 1980: Reagan argued the Carter administration had done little for the Iran conflict
- Reagan argued a weak job market, inflation, and excessive government regulation created terrible economic conditions, though it was really government decision from the 60s and 70s
- Reagan blamed Carter and the government in general

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