The success rate at passing major legislation was among the highest of modern presidents, not far below Lyndon B. Johnson.
More than 10 million jobs were created in a four-year term, double that of Ronald Reagan's first term, and more than five times as high as George H.W. Bush's one term.
That is, again, part of the opinion piece from Stuart Eisenstadt in this morning's Wall Street Journal.
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Joining us to discuss former President Carter's legacy is Stuart Eisenstadt.
He was chief White House domestic policy advisor under former President Carter, and he's also the author of President Carter, The White House Years.
Stuart, thank you so much for being with us.
Thank you for having me.
Stuart, remind viewers about your work with former President Carter, both before and during his presidency.
Well, I had more than a 50 -year relationship with him.
I was his policy director when he ran for governor in 1970.
I was his policy director when he ran for president, which was a two-year effort from 74 to 76, and then I was his chief domestic policy advisor in the White House.
So we had a very, very close relationship, but it was also a personal relationship.
He came, for example, over our house after just two weeks after the Egypt Israel peace treaty uh, for our Passover annual seder.
And here we're reading about, uh, the Jews leaving Egypt uh, 2500 years ago.
And here's the man Who made peace between Egypt and Israel.
It was very emotional.
I think that one of the issues that I'd like to discuss with you is that his post -presidency was so successful, building homes for Habitat for Humanities, monitoring 100 elections through the Carter Center, solving two African diseases, guinea worm and river blindness, that it eclipsed what was actually a very impactful presidency.
And I believe that he was one of the most important one -term presidents we've had.
The energy security we enjoy today depended upon his energy policies.
All the ethics legislation which we have today, disclosure of financial assets, limits on gifts and things, all came from him.
He was education president.
Department of Education started with him.
He was a great environmentalist.
He doubled the size of our national park system through the Alaska lands bill.
And one thing that's often forgotten, and I'm so glad that conservative Republican Phil Graham, former senator from Texas, said this in the Wall Street Journal at his 100th birthday, and that is that his deregulation of airlines, of trucking, of rail, We're going to have to leave this here, but you'll find the rest of it online at c -span .org.