Your notion that GWB is no Reagan, or trying to pit these two fine men and Presidents against each other is utterly foolish.
Reagan may not have had a Medicare bill to the likes of what GWB signed...but he did compromise and agree to full amnesty of over 3 million + illegal immigrants in 1986 (after 5 years of endless debate)...so at a time in which the problem was much more manageable Reagan went with the easier way out....Is he not a conservative??? - Hmm, seems to me Reagan appointed S.D. O'Connor and A. Kennedy to the SCOTUS.....GWB record of of the two fine men he has had confirmed stand up very well in a comparison.....And what about those tax increases in 86 under Reagan as well???...hmm, not to mention dropping the ball completely on any meaningful Soc Security reform???
Go ahead, tell us Reagan wasn't a true conservative, tell us he was a sell out. Yawn.
The SAME people attacking Bush and condemning the GOP would have been attacking Reagan and condemning the GOP in the 80s. And for the same reason- they have no understanding of political realities.