Storms and Statesmanship: DeSantis, Reagan, and the GOP's Crisis of Leadership

In politics, moments of clarity often arrive just a little too late, like realizing you’ve locked your keys in the car after the door has already slammed shut. The 1976 Republican Convention was precisely one of those moments. As Ronald Reagan took the stage, rallying conservatives with a fervor that far surpassed Gerald Ford's lukewarm offerings, there…