Connie and Lou begin the interview talking about how Lou became familiar with Ronald Reagan, first, as correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s, and later as the White House correspondent for the Washington Post during the Reagan’s presidency. For the majority of the interview, Lou and Connie discuss a number of different topics relating to Reagan from his personality to his political vision. For example, Lou talks about Ronald Reagan's extensive experience with politics before he technically became a politician, and the impact that those early experiences had on shaping Reagan’s politic vision. Lou also comments that Reagan, like most politicians, tended to view the things he had done in the past, like giving a speech that leads to a strike, in favorable light versus viewing the same action by another person in a less favorable light. Among the other topics they discuss are Reagan and conservatism's relationship to civil rights and New Deal programs. Near the end of the interview, Connie and Lou discuss Nancy Reagan.
Reagan, Ronald Presidents - United States - Election - 1980 United States - Politics and government - 1977-1981 United States - Economic policy - 1971-1981 United States - Social policy United States - Foreign relations - 1977-1981
Time Period
Twentieth century Nineteen sixties Nineteen seventies Nineteen eighties
Place
United States California
Source
U-matic tape: excerpt of show with Martinson interviewing Lou Cannon before commercial break and Barbara Rosen and Barry Rosen after the break
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