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I truly consider it a blessing that my daughter is going to President Reagan's alma mater. The opportunities and nurturing for these same leadership skills is beyond my expectations for a college. Please read what Frank Donatelli wrote about him:

"Finally, we must discuss Reagan’s ability to persuade his fellow Americans to support his judgment on key issues. This skill has a more popular name -- it is called LEADERSHIP. Leadership is a word tossed around frequently. Reagan had the ability to persuade people to accept his course of action even when they had doubts. Critics of Reagan complained that his personal popularity was always greater than support for his individual policies. They attributed this to his communication skills, which admittedly were considerable. The better answer, though, is leadership. People trusted Reagan and in spite of misgivings, were willing to support his ideas and actions at the most key times. Reagan ranks right there with Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt for memorable speeches and appeals for public support during key moments of his presidency."

[Prophet in the wilderness]

People trusted Reagan because Reagan was not condescending towards the American people, and Reagan trusted the American people, and trusted and had confidence of the American people to get us through any problems we were facing or through any situation.

Simply put ( you can make this out of a bumper sticker or tag line ) ( Reagan trusted and depended on the American people to get us through instead of the Democrats/Liberals having the people trusting and depending on the government )

America is the people, not the government.