Hey Reagan Man,
How much of this is cr*p and how much of it is spin?
You don't remember it? Heck... it wasn't ~that~ long ago was it? :-)
I don’t remember Reagan ever proposing nationalized health care while Governor or POTUS. I also don’t remember Reagan ever demanding special rights for minority special interests.
Back in 1966, after he defeated his primary GOP opponent, liberal San Francisco Mayor George Christopher and after he smashed Democrat Governor Pat Brown, Reagan was faced with governing California. The states economy was in worse condition than Reagan had been informed. It took some tax increases, along with “spending cutbacks” and use of the line item veto 943 times, for Reagan to get a handle on budget matters. Once he got California on sound financial footing, Reagan balanced the budget and created hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses. Reagan went over the heads of the legislature and spoke directly to the people. He decided to return tax surpluses to taxpayers in rebate form on four different times, totally over $5,000,000,000 --- OVER FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. With adherence to tight fiscal policy, Reagan left office with a huge surplus.
Reagan also did a good job with issues of racial unrest, anti-war protests by college students and welfare reform. On the last item Reagan encouraged Californians to write in their opinions on idex cards to their state legislators. This ultimately lead to reductions in the state welfare rolls, through "tightening eligibility standards and eliminating loopholes".
Reagan's eight years as Govenor of Californa were successful and we all know what happened later in 1976 and 1980!