Reagan is no mythical figure or a god. Reagan is the modern day standard that all other Presidents will be compared to. Reagan was an historic figure of enormous proportions. Someone who comes along maybe once every 100-150 years. Reagan was famous, heroic and legandary. Reagan was a great American, a great President and a great conservative. The author of this fine article does an excellent job of expressing what the challenges are for the conservatives and the GOP between now and the next election. Bush has set conservatism back 20-25 years, and the election results from Tuesday prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt. Enough of this status quo-centrist garbage. Conservatism works every time its tried. If the GOP wants to win in 2008, its got to return to its conservative roots as advanced by Pres Reagan and Speaker Gingrich.
"Bush has set conservatism back 20-25 years, and the election results from Tuesday prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt." I repeat, Bush at his WORST gave us better numbers in Congress than Reagan at his best. That doesn't mean he wasn't a great man. It means that he was a human being working within realistic parameters. You go on and on with all these platitudes about Reagan, but you completely dodge the fact that he was behind some very less-than-conservative things: amnesty for illegals, raising taxes on Social Security, increasing the deficit, etc. Reagan was a pragmatist, just like most effective politicians. Reagan is not a myth -- your characterization of him is!