Hello? were you alive in the 1980's?
"Its morning in America" or "the shining city" are all Ronald Reagan soundbites.
Didn't say RR didn't have soundbites. My point, which evidently you're intent on ignoring, is that he campaigned on a small gov't platform and didn't feel the need to "embrace the center" like the subsequent GOP candidates. ....and he governed as he campaigned.