We do not have a Ronald Reagan, we have the ones who are running this time. And there aren't many who can win in this now far more divided country with a far more powerful, openly biased and corrupt media that won the last one for the Democrats...And nearly put Kerry in office.
Also, Reagan and W are 2 different circumstances
Reagan was a popular actor, well known and generally well liked by the public, 2 term Governor of the largest state in the Union and automatic possessor of 55+ EV. He also had the luck to run against the worst President of the past 50 years who happened to be going through a hostage crisis and stagflation that ruined his chances. Carter would have lost to anyone that year.
Bush was running against a VP of a 2 term dem incumbent who was impeached and was highly polarizing. He too was a 2 term governor of the 2nd largest state in the Union and automatic possesor of 35+ EV. He had name recognition. He also ran as a "compassionate" conservative who was a uniter and bipartiand and would clean up the morals after Slick. He also ran against a guy with the personality of 2X4 and a Jew as his VP. Even with all of that, Bush LOST the popular vote and won the Electoral vote by the narrowest of margins and truth be told, I don't think anyone will ever really know who "won" Florida.
In any event, their situations are totally different to '08 when the country will have just had 8 years of a GOP President whose approval ratings figure to stay in the mid 30s and who is bitterly despised by the left and large segments of the media and the pundits.
Tom Tancredo, the poster's candidate has as much chance of winning as Dennis Kucinich does on the dem side, which is to say none at all.
I'm all for a more conservative candidate than Rudy por McCain but that guy doesn't appear to be revealing himself just yet. There's still time though. Is Romeny the guy? Who knows? The mormon thing will hurt him