I deeply admire Reagan for his tough talk on Communism and his well articulated conservative principals.
Nonetheless, I do appreciate the reality check that some are doing here. There are many good reasons for thinking GWB is and will be greater than Reagan.
I find it interesting that no one wants to comment on Reagan's concessions on outright amnesty for illegals in 1986. Flame me if you wish but I actually think Reagan and the Republicans did the right thing.
From a military standpoint, GWB has been much more decisive militarily and more substantively successful.
Few presidents get to see the direct results of good policy like GWB. Reagan did not witness the end of the cold war in his presidency. GWB has presided over true liberations.
I think almost all of the budget arguments against GWB are bogus and it is good that people look at what really happened under Reagan. I don't fault Reagan for the budget increases but I wonder if conservatives were as whiney in those years as they seem to be today.
I will never understand why people within the Republican party choose to contrast these men.
We should rejoice that we've had them both.