Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...answers are thought-less. Thinking--what Michael calls "intellectualism"--is the largest obstacle the Moral Majority seeks to overcome. "You represent the biggest problem that the fundamentalist movement has. The person over here on the far left, he knows he's lost, according to the Bible. He knows he's not a Bible-believing Christian and he's headed for hell. But the person in the middle, like you, you're talking out of both sides of your mouth, you're on this side on one issue, on this side of the other, and you don't have any absolutes...
...Reagan during the campaign, has had little to do there save work for his own re-election--something he doesn't have to worry much about. Similarly, Rep. Phillip M. Crane (R-Ill.) has been staying close to home, trying to win himself re-election--which should be no problem--and helping to shore-up support for Reagan in the Chicago suburbs...
...cannot inspire a commanding national majority, much less a divided Democratic Congress, to follow him on those infrequent occasions when he has tried to lead boldly. Carter was probably as eloquent and as persuasive as he can be in his early plea for waging a war on the energy problem, but nothing much happened until after three more years of U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Perhaps it is the soft delivery, often smothering strong lines. Perhaps there is a subconscious lingering national prejudice against Carter's Southern style. Whatever the handicap, Carter's words carry no command, even when...
...recent President's?a comforting quality in an office where offhand remarks can rattle the world. But Carter's mental agility does not necessarily mean he is the wiser man. His mind readily grasps detail, orders the options and focuses down on a solution to a given problem. But it often fails to place that problem, or its solution, in a broader context...
Rather than getting bogged down with detail, he has advisers examine a problem, then present courses of action for him to consider. More by instinct than analysis, Reagan then is likely to make a quick decision. The decision for voters may rest on whether they trust Reagan's instincts and particular vision more than they do Carter's more rational, but narrow, thinking...