A rambling Ronald Reagan performance in the first presidential debate in 1984 raised more than a few eyebrows in the press and among Republican pollsters.
“Reagan debate performance invites open speculation on his ability to serve,” a Wall Street Journal headline read. The Milwaukee Journal, in an editorial 39 years ahead of Axios, wrote then, “White House aides, by limiting media access to Reagan, reduced the opportunity for presidential gaffes.”
What’s old is new again. On Friday, Axios wondered if what it characterized as a circumscribed daily White House schedule was related to Joe Biden’s age, adding that “the White House rarely
