Jimmy Carter
The conventional wisdom about President Carter’s management of international affairs is exactly wrong.
Former President Jimmy Carter is receiving hospice care at his home, the Carter Center announced Saturday.
The music legend opens up about his 40-year friendship with the former president, as captured in the new doc “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President.” Watch it here.
He’s been a pretty good president so far, but he’s no superhero. And, as with Jimmy Carter, that isn’t enough for reporters accustomed to cynicism after covering a supervillain,
He lost 49 states in 1984 to Ronald Reagan, but in his quiet and modest way he left a legacy that endures beyond that electoral defeat.
The unspoken rule among former presidents is that they keep silent on the actions of their successors. Carter has never felt bound by this.
In Rick Perlstein’s "Reaganland," Jimmy Carter beat the Republicans’ Southern Strategy in 1976 but got overwhelmed by it in 1980. What happened in between?