I’m sorry, but, we’ve got to stop looking for the “next Reagan.” We really do. And I think we need to also stop looking back upon his time with such rose colored glasses. Good things happen? Yep-taxes, military buildup, mentality at the top, economy. Bad things happen? Yep-growth of government, amnesty for illegals, Iran-Contra, Anthony Kennedy. It’s almost like he was a “compassionate conservative” which is a term I think just about everyone right-of-center hates these days.
A damn sight better than any alternative at the time but far from the ideal conservative Presidential material we are searching for today. Any candidate, today, who tried to win the GOP primary on the platform of above would be shouted down and out as an appeaser, a squish, “eastablishment,” and, moderate.
Any candidate, today, who tried to win the GOP primary on the platform of above would be shouted down and out as an appeaser, a squish, “eastablishment,” and, moderate.
This statement doesn't reflect the facts of what Reagan believed and ran on.
You are cherry picking an 8 year presidential term, the greatest since Washington, that is a heck of a lot different from measuring/comparing candidates.
Nobody’s 8 year term is going to be anywhere near flawless, and that goes for Cruz and Palin as well.