[NorCalRepub]

I like Bush and admire what he has done.......and I see you admire him also, but I think most if not All pundits and citizens see Ronald Reagan right now as one of the greatest Pres. ever.....Bush is still up in the air about that. Reagan's cold war stance was a much deadlier proposition than anything the world has known and if you are a "Gunny", and thus in the Marines or Army you know all about that. Also, you have heard the term Reagan Democrats and Reagan Republicans....well after Barry Goldwater, Reagan revolutionized the party of which Bush would have been nothing along with his Dad if Reagan hadn't achieved this monumental goal......many Republicans today owe their allegiance to Reagan.........I am all for Pres Bush and he is the only one with the cajones to do what he did, but he is just not up to Reagan's status yet.........we will see

[speekinout]

There are going to be Reagan vs. GWB arguments for the rest of time. I can just hear them - the terrorist threat began during the Reagan admin., and he didn't see it; it took GWB to confront it. But Reagan totally defeated Communism, and GWB didn't eliminate terrorism (my prediction. I don't see how terrorism can ever be completely eliminated, but maybe GWB has a better vision than I do).

Anyway, both men faced down the biggest threat of their time, and that can make both great without us having to pick one over the other.
And as for political popularity, Reagan did bring a lot of people into the GOP, but GWB might just be presiding over the death of the Dem party. It's true that they might be committing suicide, but he's driving them to it.