Opinion: There is one episode from recent history that holds lessons for Biden about running a presidential campaign during a moment of crisis: the story of how Ronald Reagan ran against President Jimmy Carter in 1980, during the Iran hostage crisis
Monica Prasad is a professor of sociology and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. She is the authorCrises make or break presidents, and they also make or break presidential campaigns. As the nation watches President Donald Trump and state governors work their way through this crisis, former Vice President Joe Biden has lost the spotlight. He is not currently in any position of power that allows him, like his fellow Democrat, New York Gov.
Carter diagnosed the problem, but had no solution to it. Reagan had to walk a fine line between criticizing the president and not appearing to politicize a national crisis. By putting together an artful campaign that presented his positive qualities as the embodiment of the hope the nation was looking for, he was able to convince voters he had the solution.The hostage crisis began in 1979, when a group of Iranian college students took over the U.S.
But as the months dragged on, the public became more hostile to Carter. Even before a rescue effort in April ended in disaster, with eight American military personnel killed, Americans were starting to say that the president had failed. All of the Republican candidates for president again were criticizing Carter, and Kennedy was again making trouble in the primary. Reagan and his advisers seized the opening, but they did so not by directly criticizing the rescue effort.
Draw a contrast with the incumbent that is rooted in the challenger’s personality and resonates with the broader vision.
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