"What department did Reagan specifically state he would cut during his campaign? The point is that Reagan, like Paul, gave specifics. Something you don't hear from many Republicans these days."
The POINT is that the President can't cut departments. He can't cut departments anymore than he can appropriate funds.
When Reagan took office the useless Department of Education and the useless Department of Energy were both less than four years old but even by that time we were stuck with them.
I don't have a very high opinion of Presidential candidates who are:
A. Ignorant of their Constitutional powers (particularly unforgivable for a self-described "Constitutionalists")
B. Making promises to voters that they already know they cannot keep. For the record this is called "lying".
But still Reagan hoped to keep this campaign promise. So since he made that campaign promise you don't have a high opinion of Reagan. Yep, sounds about right for today's 'conservative'...