possessions. wherever they are. and i thought this was a really good idea. and i'm going to give it a name. >> he invented the reagan doctrine. not reagan. and now everyone's got to have a doctrine. >> yeah. >> charles has made it mandatory to come up with a doctrine. for every president. >> but even after reagan's 49-state landslide, krauthammer was not sure what to make of reagan the man who he met at the white house in 1986. >> he invited me to lunch. i tried to engage him like on the contras, what will you do? all of a sudden i'm hearing from him is a story about how when he and nancy were in the guest house of the president of the philippines there was a giant spider on the ceiling and the question was, how do 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?