I don’t recall Reagan really going to the mat to save his nomination (though that was a long time ago and I may have forgotten).
Reagan ran rings around the media and Congress on other issues like his tax cuts.
I agree....that my one criticism that he did not fight more for Robert Bork.
I read a really good book on the Supreme Court by Greenburg and stated that Bork went into the confirmation hearings too arrogant and unprepared. This was a conservative book too. Don’t ask me about it I was a teenager and could care less about the situation. In fact, I never heard of Bork until I joined FREEPERS.