As a conservative and Californian, I was thrilled to see Reagan elected, for him to push tax reductions, and push tough smart foreign policy.
I was, and remain, very pissed off about amnesty, preventing me from seeing him through the rose colored glasses.
Remember back in the eighties when Kerry came back from Nicaragua with his little hearings and such?
Fat Ted and the Demos just let Lurch hang in the wind. The deal was 'in'.