Reagan Rising by Craig Shirley fascinatingly charts Ronald Reagan's rise from the defeat of the 1976 presidential campaign to his victory in 1980.  This book allows people to gain new insights into how Ronald Reagan grew as a candidate and leader as he championed the individual and appealed across party lines.  But readers can also see many similarities between the rise of Ronald Reagan and the election of Donald Trump. As with Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan was not taken seriously by his Republican counterparts or the national media.  His rival, Gerald Ford, later remarked that he considered Reagan a lightweight and on the campaign trail made fun of him: "Governor Reagan does not dye his hair; he is just turning prematurely orange." It seems that orange is the color for those who attempt to clean the swamp.  Shirley commented to American Thinker, "Everyone wrote Reagan off as a dumb bunny, and a right-wing kook." The Republican...(Read Full Article)