European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doubt Over popular president s political clout by Norman d. Sandler United press International on Rona d Reagan. 1905 was a year o tour nah and turmoil conciliation and confrontation it also was the year he moved to give his two term slay in the White House a permanent place in history. Reagan set two Mioi objective Tot 1985. On the Domestic front a historic overhaul of the Federal tax code on the International front. A new Era in relations Between the superpowers As he enters the second year of his second term the jury is  out on both. Tax Reform encountered an expected obstacle an attack by special interests determined to protect their own tax preferences and on Reagan did not anticipate the failure of the Issue to catch on with the Public or Congress. As the 1985 legislative year came to a close Reagan went to Capitol Hill in a desperate last ditch bid to Stem a Muddy by House republicans and keep the tax Reform Issue alive in the lorm of a Bill fashioned by democrats the gambit snatched at least a temporary Victory irom the jaws of utter defeat but left the longer term late of tax Reform and the strength of Reagan s political clout in doubt. In arms control a prime reason for the Lack of Prog Ress in 1995 was Reagan s refusal to Compromise on his Star wars missile defense program which he elevated to the status of a moral imperative in Geneva. The Quick snarl Reagan had planned for 1985 was thwarted by events beyond his control leaving the p