[Milhous]

With all due respect after Reagan gave this speech at the 1964 convention Goldwater went on to lose the election by a wide margin to LBJ. It took 16 more years to get a genuine conservative elected to President (both Nixon and Ford were moderates). During those 16 years Reagan remained ever optimistic about conservatism’s ultimate victory.

[Yosemitest]

This speech started the Reagan Movement. He barely lost. But this speech was what pushed him into the White House in 1980.