Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who do have a very positive perception of him.

Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.

The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.