Believe me, I loved Reagan but he also gave the Dims what they wanted in a lot of instances to achieve his own agenda, the worst of which was SS reform and amnesty.
Using the Reagan legacy to make other candidates look better has been tried before without success. Just ask all the Giuliani and Romney supporters. If you can find one. This is 2011 not the 1980’s and Gingrich is not the second coming of Reagan. Period. Far, far from it!