He's cut taxes. Signed the CCW law. Changed some of the corporate legal morass around to make it easier for businesses to run. Things are really swinging back around. Almost all of the major DFL (Democrat Farm Labor) types are either old or living in the Metro area. Outlying areas are getting to a point where they are swinging the State votes back to the conservative side.
In todays political makeup, Ronnie would have won MN instead of Mondale. At least that is the perception I've been getting from the family and from from the Net.