add to that him telling the media I PAID FOR THIS MIKE when they tried to cut him off.....
And he was very lucky that in 1980 there were 35 days between IA and NH. It was enough time for him to recover from his crushing loss in IA and for Bush to fall apart.
If things were like they were in 2008 with only 4 days between IA and NH or even 2000 with only 7 days between IA and NH, Reagan likely would have been finished. He was well behind in NH(10-20 pts) for a few weeks after IA and only started his comeback in the last 10-14 days or so.