The Nation - News from Dec. 16, 1985
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Television evangelist Pat Robertson, not yet a formal Republican presidential candidate, said the main problem facing the nation is who will follow President Reagan’s “moral leadership.” Robertson, host of the popular “700 Club” and head of a $230-million-a-year Christian broadcasting empire, made it clear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he thought he could provide that kind of leadership.
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