Yup, I remember hearing that over and over again, that Reagan could not beat Carter.
A vote for Reagan was a wasted vote.
Don't forget John Anderson in 1980.
The third party liberal republican "alternative".
He was there, too.
So that the GOPe of the time could rally around such a dynamic, non-treatening person who wouldn't get us into WWIII.
As we all remember Reagan got us into.
The media *continuously* warned us against Reagan.
Why oh why didn't we listen?