We Should Have Seen It Coming

From Reagan to Trump--A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution

Author  Gerald F. Seib
We Should Have Seen It Coming

The executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal chronicles the astonishing rise, climax, and decline of one of the great political movements in American history—the forty-year reign of the conservative movement, from the election of Ronald Reagan to the Republican Party's takeover by Donald Trump—with a new introduction covering the 2020 election and the future of the GOP

“Ably captures the most consequential American political developments in half a century.” —Peggy Noonan

In 1980, President-Elect Ronald Reagan ushered in conservatism as the most powerful political force in America. For four decades, New Deal liberalism had been the country’s dominant motif, creating such popular programs as Social Security and Medicare, but it had become creaky in the face of soaring inflation, high unemployment, and…

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September 14, 2021
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