Did GWB run as a Reagan Conservative?
For the most part, yes. It is fair to say that he ran far to the right of his real position, and came back to the left after he was in office. He was honest about his position too, but he used slogans which were yet to be defined- "kinder, gentler"... "New World Order"... By the time people figured out what the hell he was talking about, he was on pretty shaky ground.