One of the things Reagan said stuck with me all of my life.
“I didn’t leave the Democrat Party; the Democrat Party left me.” as he realized how far left they were going (or were).
He radiated optimism. And that is a virtue and a blessing, to be able to do that.
One of my favorite things was Bloom County...the comic. Berke Breathed, a hard leftist actually liked Reagan. Reagan even had him at the WH once.
And BB was fair in his strip. Now when a guy as far right politically as RR can be liked by a hard leftist, you KNOW he is doing something right. That he IS something right.