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::Carter's reputation was in big trouble long before Reagan ever took office; let me give a real simple illustration why Jimmy Carter was, and remains roundly considered one of the most ineffective Presidents of late memory.  Carter served from 1977 to 1981; in that time, the Democrats controlled ''both'' House & Senate, i.e. there was '''no''' divided government.  The number one priority of the Congressional Black Caucus for each and every one of those four years, was passage and signing into law the [[Martin Luther King]] National Holiday.  For some reason, Mr. Carter just could not get the job done.  There must have been other priorities that prevented President Carter from convincing a majority of members of ''his own party'', this was an important thing to get done during his first term of office.  By contrast, Ronald Reagan, and the Republican controlled Senate, had no problem convincing the Democratically controlled House of Representatives to pass this legislation.  And history records the facts of this matter, which is illustrative of Jimmy Carter's failed, ineffectual leadership.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 23:49, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

::Carter's reputation was in big trouble long before Reagan ever took office; let me give a real simple illustration why Jimmy Carter was, and remains roundly considered one of the most ineffective Presidents of late memory.  Carter served from 1977 to 1981; in that time, the Democrats controlled ''both'' House & Senate, i.e. there was '''no''' divided government.  The number one priority of the Congressional Black Caucus for each and every one of those four years, was passage and signing into law the [[Martin Luther King]] National Holiday.  For some reason, Mr. Carter just could not get the job done.  There must have been other priorities that prevented President Carter from convincing a majority of members of ''his own party'', this was an important thing to get done during his first term of office.  By contrast, Ronald Reagan, and the Republican controlled Senate, had no problem convincing the Democratically controlled House of Representatives to pass this legislation.  And history records the facts of this matter, which is illustrative of Jimmy Carter's failed, ineffectual leadership.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 23:49, 11 April 2007 (EDT)