[Brian Allen]

<< I had not heard anyone blaming Mr Reagan for then President Ford's defeat. >>

You have now. And Mr Reagan could likely still have won in 1980 and have saved us from Carter's World War Four.

The war, that is, in which we are now engaged -- and in which we are likely to be engaged for decades to come. Which war started as the direct consequence of the traitor, Carter's, failure to respond to the Iranians acts of war against us in 1979. And which will be made very much more difficult to win by his treasonous handing over of America's canal, in Panama -- and by control of that vital asset having been subsequently lost to Peking's predatory psychopaths.

<< What makes you think that Miss Rice is a "conservative"? My understanding is that she is more in the Rockefeller tradition than the Reagan tradition. >>

I do not think Ms Rice is a "conservative" and in any case hold "conservatives" in pretty much the contempt I reserve for [Lunatic-left-wing-fringe-dwelling] "liberals."

I believe, though, that Ms Rice is both a patriotic American and a fiercely-loyal Republican.

And that she is a strict Jeffersonian Constitutionalist.

Like me!

Best ones -- Brian

[Theodore R.]

And that she is a strict Jeffersonian Constitutionalist

I am afraid this could be wishful thinking. There are so few constitutionalists around these days that it is hard to find someone who could pass a basic survey test on the Constitution, much less one who actually believes its original contents.