Reagan had massive spending and signed am amnesty.
Not a conservative?
Not on those things, no. And I never said Republicans aren't conservative. Nor am I some unquestioning fan of Reagan though I did like him.
I did say that if only Republicans were the "right wing" ideologues this dope who writes this article thinks they are. We would have gotten tax cuts extended, lower spending, drilling in ANWR, a determined caucus wanting to get Social Security private accounts, etc. The fact that we couldn't get these conservative ideas passed in a Republican Congress tells me far from having an ideological Congress under Republicans we had one that didn't have the courage of its so-called convictions.