[SamAdams76]

So far, Trump is tracking very similar to Reagan in terms of popularity across party lines. Despite being loathed by establishment Democrats (and many establishment Republicans as well), Reagan built a groundswell for a massive landslide in 1984.

Despite that, his coattails were still not enough to get the Republicans a majority in Congress. Reagan always had to cut deals with Tip O'Neil.

Of course, all the good Reagan did was quickly undone by George HW Bush and then Clinton.

I'm hoping Mike Pence (or whoever succeeds Trump) is able to carry the Trump legacy forward.

[pepsi_junkie]

If we assume that Trump gets two terms (the biggest risk to that is that he doesn't want to do the job for another four years due to health or just feeling like he's gotten it in the right direction and wants to step out of the picture) then when it's over you can expect the GOPe to rise up and do everything they can to ensure that one of their globalist tools is put into power. Someone like Romney or in the mold of Jeff Flake or another McCain. In other words, an open borders war monger globalist liar.

With Reagan they had George Bush already in place so it was easy, I don't think Pence is a globalist tool but he's not a Trumpian populist either so I don't know how he'd fare in that food fight. But they won't just hand it to him, I'll bet that.

I will also say this: the fact that we are comparing Trump to Ronald Reagan, in terms of domestic accomplishments and historical international achievements, is astonishing. Reagan is the benchmark that nobody in the GOP ever lives up to, in spite of all promising us they are Reagan redux. To many of us he is hands down the greatest President they've ever experienced. Nobody ever compared either Bush to Reagan, at least not favorably. Nor should they have. But Trump, ah, Trump. Yes, the comparisons just percolate up naturally.

[Digger]

Of course, all the good Reagan did was quickly undone by George HW Bush and then Clinton.

Yea, those Bushes were really something (Barf)