My heart sank when Reagan selected GHWB as his running mate.
... ahhh, he didn’t settle. RR was forced to take CIABush or the Rockefeller Rinos would made sure he lost. Call it a “compromise”... ymmv
Reagan was as good a president as he could be considering the congress he had to deal with, he was honest and believed in the Constitution.
But I would say your have to go back to Coolidge to find a truly Great president.
I am hoping that after the midterms Trump will get really serious about ripping the heart out of the Deep State.
If he does he will have earned the title of Great President.
He didnt have a choice.deepstate was alive and well back then just like today but noone understood that back then.