He ordered the overthrow of Maurice Bishop, and may have been complicit in causing delays in the release of hostages in Tehran, but was cleared by the Tower Commission of wrongdoing in another scandal involving the funding of rebel groups in Nicaragua.
This man earned a primary victory in South Carolina over John Connally following a planted leak that Connally was buying the black vote, and this man's campaign paid for the Nashua debate. He ordered the overthrow of Maurice Bishop, and may have been complicit in causing delays in the release of hostages in Tehran, but was cleared by the Tower Commission of wrongdoing in another scandal involving the funding of rebel groups in Nicaragua. His re-election campaign featured the slogan "It's morning again in America", declaring the success of economic policies another candidate called "voodoo economics". For 10 points, name this President who defeated Walter Mondale in 1984 after succeeding Jimmy Carter.
This man earned a primary victory in South Carolina over John Connally following a planted leak that Connally was buying the black vote, and this man's campaign paid for the Nashua debate.
Ronald Reagan