Reagan had a tremendous history of leadership, and a study of the issues that I don't think any president ever had. It would be hard to match him.
Oh give me a freaking break. Washington? Jefferson? Madison? Lincoln? Reagan was a larger than life President, but he didn't begin to fill their shoes in terms of intellectual preparation or leadership.
The conservative wing of the GOP needs to get over this absurd cult-like adoration of Reagan which long ago dispensed with truth.