Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro
Problem with the 1980 parallel is that the timing of that campaign was odd since Carter initially refused to debate with John Anderson on the stage. So the lone Carter-Reagan debate was Oct. 28, which probably meant that Carter's collapse came unusually late. — PolitiTweet.org
dcg1114 @dcg1114
This is the wrong parallel - the right one is '80. In '80 a weak incumbent collapsed in the last 10 days and took… https://t.co/LcDFA6R6mD