When he ran for prez he had lots & lots of great ideas. But IIRC the congressional seniority system was still in place, and when Carter got in, the Democratic-c

When he ran for prez he had lots & lots of great ideas. But IIRC the congressional seniority system was still in place, and when Carter got in, the Democratic-controlled Congress stonewalled him on basically everything. You know. "Politics as usual." I remember a discussion in grad school in the mid-80s. Reaganite fever was the order of the day. I stated my belief that history would be kind to Jimmy Carter. Some people in the class openly laughed at this. But we know now that Carter had some bad luck and that Reagan set the country on course for its current worship of ignorance, cruelty, corrupted "Christianity", and authoritarianism. Plus plenty of people lining their pockets. Of course nowadays nobody mentions Reagan any more because the Cult of Reagan has been replaced by Führerprinzip.