George H.W. Bush: The Leadership Lessons

Episode 214 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too ( Part 24) Election Night 1980 (Special Edition)

July 27, 2023 Randal Wallace Season 10 Episode 214
George H.W. Bush: The Leadership Lessons
Episode 214 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too ( Part 24) Election Night 1980 (Special Edition)
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Election Night 1980. The Iran Hostage Crisis is going on, the economy is struggling, and the ABSCAM scandal has several candidates seeking re-election while either under indictment or after conviction. It is with this back drop that both of our subjects, Representative John Jenrette and President Jimmy Carter, are facing re-election. It did not go well for either of them. 

In this episode we will let you watch the evening progress as the networks zero in on the ABSCAM Defendants elections for at least some drama because the Carter efforts are fairing so badly.  Ronald Reagan will be elected in a landslide and John Jenrette will lose in a surprising squeaker to John Napier. 

This election is also a treat because it will feature just about everyone , save Lyndon Johnson, we have focused on throughout our podcast run.  Jimmy Carter, John Jenrette, Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, Frank Reynolds, Ted Koppel, Walter Cronkite, and even Richard Nixon will all be featured at some point through out the night. Finally, the episode will end as former President Gerald Ford is interviewed  while Ronald Reagan comes out to address the nation for the first time as President - Elect and the two will talk on live TV.  It is a big night for the Republican Party as they win the Presidency and the Senate for the first time in a generation and break the New Deal Coalition that had dominated the nations politics since 1932. 

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ABC News Nightline, ABC News ad prior to the 1980 Election Night
Music Intro
Host Randal Wallace welcomes you to the show and introduces the 1980 coverage of all the networks
NBC News 1980 Election night Coverage opening
CBS News Coverage of 1980 Election Night Coverage opening
ABC News Coverage of the 1980 Election Night
ABC News Coverage by Britt Hume looks at Congressional Races mainly ABSCAM races
ABC News Coverage of the 1980 Election Night
ABC News interview with a hostage wife, Mrs. Kennedy, by Barbara Walters
ABC News report from the White House by Sam Donaldson
ABC News report by Barry Cerofin on Ronald Reagan
ABC News interview with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger by Barbara Walters
ABC News coverage of election night 1980
ABC News interview of Senator Howard Baker by Jim Wooten
NBC News report on the House races specifically the ABSCAM Races by Jessica Savage and Tom Brokaw
NBC News interview with Ambassador George H.W. Bush, the Vice Presidential Candidate on the Republican Ticket
NBC News makes the projection of a Ronald Reagan Victory in the 1980 Election
ABC News coverage of the President Jimmy Carter's concession speech
NBC News Coverage with update on the ABSCAM races by Jessica Savage
ABC News coverage of comments by Former President Richard Nixon
ABC News coverage of election night 1980
CBS News interview with former President Gerald Ford
CBS News moves over to the address by President - Elect Ronald Reagan, interrupting the interview with Gerald Ford
CBS Coverage of election night 1980 with a linked up conversation between Former President Ford and President - Elect Ronald Reagan
Closing music