[sickoflibs]

RE :”They lost in 2006 and 2008 because they stopped listening to the “nostalgia” for the conservative principles which guided my dad’s administrations.”

I would say to him FUJB. He can only dream that there was “nostalgia” for his family. ( beyond a few nutcases)

It was not that all of Reagan's policies (bills signed) were perfect, It was that Reagan attracted voters to conservatism and conservative principles that made him so great, unlike the Bush's that did the opposite. Reagan as president today probably wouldn't know what to do with todays national mess.

[curiosity]

It was not that all of Reagan's policies (bills signed) were perfect, It was that Reagan attracted voters to conservatism and conservative principles that made him so great, unlike the Bush's that did the opposite.

Well said. I'd also point out that Sarah's got the same problem as the Bush's. She's really good at appealing to a certain element of the GOP base, so much so that she enjoys a cult following like no one presidential condender, but she turns of everyone else. In this respect, she's the exact opposite of Reagan, and its why she'll never be president.