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“Jimmy Carter was always an outsider,” said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal that toppled Richard Nixon.

according to the biography "His Very Best Jimmy Carter, a Life," by Jonathan Alter. In "Caregiving: Generations," a short documentary released in October 2024, Joshua Carter opened up about his ...

President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen ... As his most compelling biographer, Jonathan Alter, made clear in his 2020 history, “His Very Best,” the familiar line that Carter was a weak president ...

For my entire career, it’s seemed, the Republican Party has run against Jimmy Carter ... been altered (no pun intended, biographer Jonathan Alter). He now gets justified credit for the ...

Chris Matthews, who was a speechwriter for former President Jimmy Carter, and Jonathan Alter, author of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life,” join Andrea Mitchell to speak about the 39th ...

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in ... in a town that thrives on relationships, said biographer Jonathan Alter, describing a president who struggled with schmoozing ...

“Jimmy Carter was that all too rare example of ... in a town that thrives on relationships, said biographer Jonathan Alter, describing a president who struggled with schmoozing lawmakers and ...

“He could be prickly and a not very appealing personality” in a town that thrives on relationships, said biographer Jonathan Alter ... Canal because of Jimmy Carter’s death,” Trump ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: January 8, 2025 | Last updated: January 8, 2025 I spoke with Jonathan Alter. He wrote one of the most beloved biographies on the former president. California ...