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He made his decision first to run for governor. And then he made his decision as to how he was going to handle a his favorite son candidacy. And then ultimately, his decision to come in whether this was consulted with you at some length before the decision

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to run for governor. Yes, that was a That was a mutual decision that we both, uh, spent a couple of very sleepless nights over because that meant a major change in our lives had to be a mutual decision. Um, I wish, really that that more men

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who are not politicians would become actively involved in politics. I think it would be a very, ah, very good and a healthy thing for the country. I think the whole thing needs a breath of fresh air. Mrs. Reagan, Now that the governor is an official candidate,

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is this somewhat of a relief to him into you to finally get this thing out into the open and start working on an official candidacy? Well, it was a surprise to both of us, you know. Uhh. I'm sure you do know all this, but, uh, it

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was a resolution that was passed by the California delegation and presented to my husband at a meeting where he was yesterday. I didn't know it yesterday afternoon. Um, I suppose, yes. Makes it a little easier, Really? In some ways, to finally be a candidate easier and

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harder. I would presume both. Well, you really have to ask him that. I suppose it does. How? How does he feel? Generally do you think about it? How was his attitude about the whole thing? Well, he was surprised to. We were both surprised when he left

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here in the morning. Neither one of us knew that this was going to happen, and so it was just a surprise. And actually, I haven't had enough time to talk to him to find out how he really feels. How about your role with the governor here

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in Miami Beach? Do you feel a great deal of pressure yourself and what you have to dio and where you have to be and so on? Well, it's been busy. There's been a lot of things to dio Uhh. But I assume that this is the pressure

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that normally goes with a ah convention