Elect Ronald Reagan. This class is an hour and ten minutes. Today were going to continue our saga through conservatism and the Republican Party. And specifically what were going to look at today is the revival of the Republican Party after the debacle of the Nixon Administration and watergate. Youll recall from previous lectures that republicans were down. Many thought the Republican Party was going the way of the whig party. Only 20 of the electorate considered themselves republicans. Within the next five years the Republican Party was going to revive, and Ronald Reagan was going to be elected. So well begin todays class with a video clip. Unfortunately were not going to have the music that we usually have and the dancing that we do [ laughter ] before class. There was a problem with copyright and we didnt Want Congress being bankrupted. Congress is already bankrupt. Anyway the couldnt afford the lawyers perhaps. The do have a lot of lawyers. Anyway, lets get on with the clip. What we