Reagan would be the first one to say he was not perfect, and no one is. But after Reagan and other Republican presidents made mistakes, the general public was really watching President Bush, and we did end up with a couple of good justices.
btw, here’s an excerpt of Mark Levin’s take on Ronald Reagan:
“Moreover, Reagan did all he could as president to follow through on his pro-life position. He instituted his Mexico City policy, preventing the use of federal funds for abortions abroad. His administration was directed to deny funds, wherever it could, for abortions. He was also part of an effort, led by Jesse Helms in the Senate, to amend the Constitution. There weren’t enough votes, but they tried.
Ignoring all of this, Krauthammer says Reagan gave us Justices O’Connor and Kennedy, which, of course, is true. But he had no idea where they stood on abortion, or how they would rule. Rightly or wrongly, he set no issue-specific litmus test for his judges. But we know he didn’t appoint them because he thought they would endorse abortion from the bench. On the contrary — they left the impression with those who vetted them that they were “originalists” and, as it turned out, they mislead everyone.”
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=M2JiMmZhZTQ5NzI5YzYyOGQ5MGNkYWY5M2YzMjYzZGI=
I believe Reagan, I just don’t think we’ll ever get a 100% what we want. We can persist for 75% of what we want, but we’ll never have everything.