The Ideal Reagan would have eliminated the National Endowment for the Arts; the actual Reagan proposed a $1 million increase in his final budget. But Bush increased NEA funding. So angry conservatives might just sit this one out.
False arguments. Enforcement of illegal immigration does not mean cattle cars full of illegals being shipped home. If we start strict enforcement, one illegal alien and employer at a time, the illegal aliens will deport themselves as the employers stop employing them. This false argument is used constantly by liberal and conservative alike and it is just stupid.
The budget argument is also false as conservatives don't necessarily demand Reagan-like budget cuts, they would like to at least see some fiscal restraint. Non-defense discretionary spending in the budget has been higher than spending under the Clinton administration and he bulled through a federal entitlement program rivaled only by LBJ's.
Bush deserves the criticism he is receiving. If he had not done these things the party would not be grumbling right now, the infighting would not be occurring. The buck stops in the oval office on this one.