May 27, 1980: George Bush’s campaign director, James Baker, says: "We didn't have the long-term base that Reagan has out there." Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan takes the news in stride, saying: “I don’t think it has quite sunk in yet.”

On the jump, the Washington Post’s Jim Hoagland interviews the former Shah of Iran in Cairo.  Hoagland writes: "He is convinced now that 'the West wanted this Islamic republic (Iran's revolutionary government), perhaps thinking that with Islam it could contain communism.' He specifically blamed the British and U.S. governments and the Western media for promoting his downfall. 'Well, now you have it. Are you happy? Do you have human rights there now? Democracy? Liberalization? … What they are doing to my country in the name of Islam just makes people go away from Islam.' "