Reply #183: Those views were a bit out there, back then. But they did resonate. [View All]

[MADem]

The one he had the hardest time with was the drug business--America wasn't ready for that. And of course, there wasn't 'welfare to work' or any of the more creative assistance programs there are these days. Remember, Reagan's anecdotal "Welfare Queen" with the Caddy and the ten checks in different names, living large in public housing, was still a 'talking point.'

People forget that Jackson ran in 1984, too. He got a fifth of the popular vote in that contest, but less than ten percent of the delegates because of the way that votes were weighted (see, even back then, as now, it isn't really one voter, one vote).