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* [[Jesse Helms]]  

* [[Jesse Helms]]  

* [[Ronald Reagan]]  

* [[Ronald Reagan]]  

* [[George G.W. Bush]]  

* [[George H.W. Bush]]  

Reagan defeated Carter in 1980 by stressing the failures of both foreign and domestic policy, warning America had become weak at home and abroad. Rejecting detente he called for rollback of the decrepit Soviet Empire, whose only strength was in missile power but which was falling apart in terms of economics, politics and society.  

Reagan defeated Carter in 1980 by stressing the failures of both foreign and domestic policy, warning America had become weak at home and abroad. Rejecting detente he called for rollback of the decrepit Soviet Empire, whose only strength was in missile power but which was falling apart in terms of economics, politics and society.