being elected in a landslide. it was a stunning moment. also on the senate side the great eye lions, it was an important moment in american politics. again, that was a time when no one knew quite what to expect. the difference is he governored the state of california who terms. he put together a brilliant staff in the white house, picking james baker to run his white house. the man who had run against him, and it was one of the great choices that he made. and then he had all these seasoned people who came to work for him at that point, and for many, many people, those eight years of ronald reagan for the shining moment in their political history. very experienced hands. we now look andrea mitchel, we were talking about the military men that are surrounding this