Dear Editor
Dear Editor Can Reagan Win? Alan H. Tonelson's seemingly sensible analysis ("Why Reagan Came Back," NL, July 19) notwithstanding, I'd like to venture a prediction that Ronald Reagan won't come...
...What is most distressing is that he has been taken in by his own rhetoric: He believes that a "calm determination" is all we need...
...Of course the outlandish promise is a great tradition in American politics, and Carter should not be singled out for criticism...
...He can't do it, and anyone who believes he can is bound to be disappointed...
...Santa Barbara, Calif...
...There is no real reason why a Reagan nomination should not signal a replay of 1964...
...The America of the '70s is simply not ready to be excited, either by flashy rhetoric or flashy thinking...
...Southerners, children, party mavericks, ward-healers and every other conceivable interest group sang the Georgian's praises...
...Reagan's political programs are naive and, especially in the area of foreign policy, potentially catostrophic: more important, though, they are radical and at no other time than the present has the nation been less prepared to accept radical ideas...
...But while Carter's coalition politics gained him the nomination, I think they will eventually catch up with him...
...coalition ("Carter: Passing Episode or Start of a New Era...
...In his acceptance speech, for example, he spoke in successive paragraphs about the need for a laissez-faire economic system, completely free from government regulation, and his total commitment to full employent...
...The philosophical stance of both Republicans may now and again win the favor of their party, but it will never capture the country at large...
...in fact, the former California Governor's problem is that any difference is illusory...
...Jimmy Carter's candidacy is an attempt, against the popular wisdom and against history, to fool all of the people all of the time...
...The Democrats are so eager for internal peaceful coexistence this year, so wary of controversy, it's almost painful to watch...
...It doesn't take a genius to see that the two are incompatible: If the government is to mind its own business, where will he find those millions of jobs...
...Washington, D.C...
...NL, July 5...
...Alan H. Tonelson's seemingly sensible analysis ("Why Reagan Came Back," NL, July 19) notwithstanding, I'd like to venture a prediction that Ronald Reagan won't come back...
...The senator from Arizona recognized this fact of life when he endorsed the President, and the rest of his party can be expected to follow suit...
...Harry Warren JC's Coalition Gus Tyler suggests that Jimmy Carter may be able to reassemble the old Rooseveltian The New Leader welcomes comment and crificisir on any of its features, bat letters should not exceed 300 words...
...Arthur Blake...
...And indeed, at the Democratic national convention, a parade of labor leaders, liberals, blacks...
...Tonelson contends that Reagan can be "a Goldwater with a difference...
Vol. 59 • August 1976 • No. 16
