Bill was viewed as a candidate for POTUS long before 1992, because he was a politics prodigy. It was even an election issue the last year he ran for Governor of AR. He was also fortunate to run in a year when other Democrats were scared to run against GHWB.
Looking back now, I can see that Bill had the WH in his sights all along. But as a reasonably informed San Franciscan I knew nothing about him. Heck I was even reading the Chronicle in those days and you can't be any more informed than that.
Will we ever see another Reagan? I wish we would, but you only get about one of those a century, and we're barely into this one. Interestingly enough, Reagan is always listed as a social conservative, but he didn't enact an agenda of social conservatism, he led by example. I remember Reagan, and his primary agendas were building a powerful military and reducing the size of government and governmental regulations. Under Bush, the Department of Homeland Security has become a behemoth. Working in the fire service, I can tell you flatly that the FEDS are in the process of nationalizing the fire service. I cannot keep up with all the new FEMA and OSHA directives.
I do not see anyone calling for a strong military, smaller government, and less regulation. Both parties want to be Big Brother, and I honestly don't know who to support anymore.