Despite dropping acceptance ratings, Carter was ready to conquer an ultimatum by legislator Edward Kennedy to win the Democratic nomination in 1980. He was conquered by an oversized margin within the election that year by Reagan, a former actor and governor of California who argued throughout his struggle that the matter facing the country wasn't an absence of public confidence, however a requirement for brand new leadership.
"<span>war in Iraq" was not </span>one of the problems confronting President Carter as the 1980 election approached, although many domestic political issues were playing a big role.
