When Ronald Reagan became president, he faced a Congress in which the House of Representatives was controlled by the opposition party. Two years later, the Senate also came under the control of the opposition. Yet during his first term in office, Reagan was remarkably successful in getting his legislative initiatives passed.

One reason he was successful is that he did not spend a great deal of time trying to convince members of Congress to support his proposals or trying to persuade his critics he was right. He did spend a great deal of time communicating directly with the American people, whom he did convince, and who, in turn, told their representatives in Congress to ...

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