Is Jeb also verbally challenged? George Sr. certainly is, and so, alas, is W. It would be nice to have a conservative president who could clearly articulate conservative principles, from the heart, off the cuff. Even Reagan's powers had diminished by the time he was finally elected president -- he was in his late 60s, or early 70s, wasn't he?
Perhaps by the end of his eight years, but he was an eloquent spokesman for America and conservativism most of the time I heard him, and from reading the book on his correspondence, he was sharp as a tack - right to the end.
Bush I failed - he failed to continue the Regan Revolution and his son, while better than the father, is certainly no ROnald Reagan.