Editing Pat Buchanan (section)

===Reagan White House===
[[File:Pat Buchanan 1985b (cropped).jpg|thumb|Buchanan in 1985]]
Buchanan served as [[White House Communications Director]] from February 1985 to March 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-04-mn-524-story.html|title=Buchanan Will Leave White House Post|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 4, 1987|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> In a speech to the [[National Religious Broadcasters]] in 1986, Buchanan said of the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]]: "Whether President Reagan has charted a new course that will set our compass for decades{{mdash}}or whether history will see him as the conservative interruption in a process of inexorable national decline{{mdash}}is yet to be determined".<ref name="Greatrighthope" />

A year later, he remarked that "the greatest vacuum in American politics is to the right of [[Ronald Reagan]]."<ref name="Greatrighthope" /> While her brother was working for Reagan, [[Bay Buchanan]] started a "Buchanan for President" movement in June 1986. She said the conservative movement needed a leader, but Buchanan was initially ambivalent.<ref name="Greatrighthope" /> After leaving the White House, he returned to his column and ''Crossfire''. Out of respect for [[Jack Kemp]] he sat out the 1988 race, although Kemp later became his adversary.<ref name="BuchananInc" />