"The importance of the 1964 campaign as a recruiting device … must not be overlooked. Most presidential campaigns are mechanical affairs, their...
Building a New Coalition
"Of course, nothing worth while is ever achieved without sacrifice, and the formation of the coalition I have described will entail losses as well...
Generational Mandate
"In the great systole and diastole of events, we are about to witness … a profound surge forward and upward, deriving its impetus from ancient and...
Aftermath of Political Defeat
"For me personally, the most painful … aspect of the immediately ensuing weeks was a fair amount of good-natured ribbing by conservative friends …...
The Party’s Conservative Heart
"Conservatism should be the beating heart of the Republican Party, but the party must also reach out to incorporate people who are not necessarily...
Buckley’s National Impact
"Bill Buckley's emergence onto the national stage … in the 1950s, and the impact of his striking personality … caused a lesion in the...
Crusading Against the New Deal
"[He] prosecuted the New Deal as though it were a criminal, piling up irresistible mountains of logic, lancing it with swift strokes of sarcastic...
Video: Conversations with History: William A. Rusher
UC-Berkeley Interview (54 minutes) : Rusher reflects on his life and...
Video: The YAF Buckley Roast pt 1
Audio Only : Young Americans for Freedom “Buckley Roast” (43 minutes). Rusher serves as MC. Mediocre...
Video: President Reagan’s Interview with William Rusher on May 23, 1986
1986—Interview with President Reagan : Rusher discusses Reagan’s early career and his famous 1964...
Video: Life and Career of William Rusher
C-SPAN 1988 Interview (57 minutes) : Rusher discusses his retirement from National Review and his career.
Video: New Revolution for Liberty in America
1984 Republican National Convention : Rusher speaks on the founding of YAF and conservatism’s history (2:43–3:18)....