Lesson for Biden supporters: Reagan was thought to be elderly and losing his memory in 1984 yet he won in a landslide

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10. "Age Emerges As New Issue In Campaign" October 9, 1984

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/10/10/age-emerges-as-new-issue-in-campaign/87ce695b-e233-4cc9-82c5-8ff1b3c894a0/

"The question of whether Ronald Reagan is too old to be president emerged yesterday as an overt issue in his reelection campaign after a Sunday debate performance that even some of his aides described as halting and ineffective."
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"Rep. Tony Coelho (D-Calif.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Reagan "looked old and acted old" in his nationally televised encounter. When Coelho was asked if the president acted doddering, he replied, "Well, he didn't quite drool."

House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill (D-Mass.), who is 71, said that Reagan "looked tired" in the debate and that age was now a factor in the race."