possessions wherever they are. i thought, this is a good idea. i'm going to give it a name. >> he reagan doctrine, not reagan. now everybody has to have a doctrine. charles made it mandatory for every president to have a doctrine. >> reporter: after reagan's 49-state landslide krauthammer wasn't sure what to make of reagan the man who he met at the white house in 1986. >> he i vieted many me to lunch. i tried to engage him like on the contras. all of the sudden i'm hearing from him a story about how when he and nancy were in the guest house of president marcos of the philippines there was a giant spider on the ceiling. the question was how the to get him off without scaring nancy. i'm thinking, i don't get it. this is the most successful president in my lifetime. he seems to be out to lunch. what's going on? he said it was only later he