[kabar]

Reagan signed an amnesty that violated the Rule of Law. He also brokered a deal with Tip O'Neil to save SS including raising the retirement age for full benefits. He was a former Democrat.

Ideologue is non=partisan. You can be a conservative or a liberal and be an ideologue.

[kosciusko51]

I said he was the closest to a pure conservative, but not perfect. He had not been a democrat for quite a while, and championed many of the ideas of Goldwater, another strong conservative (who was before my time).