Good point.
But few differences.
Reagan was far more telegenic and had a ability to directly connect with voters bypassing the MSM.
Romney does not have the same qualities and infant doesn’t even understand how the MSM operates.
The 1980 election was not a pro-Reagan election. As much as we like Reagan in hindsight, at the time there was a lot of trepidation about Reagan among voters, and they never got over it, not even by election day (1984 was a pro-Reagan election).
Romney has one big advantage Reagan didn’t have: nobody is scared of a Romney presidency. The press isn’t portraying Romney as a lunatic who wants to implement a vodoo-economic policy or who might start WWIII (and yes, that is how Reagan was portrayed by the press in 1980).