Besides winning the Cold War, it was an era of high growth - better than under Clinton. BTW, during the Reagan administration we had tax cuts, declining interest rates, inflation declining to near zero - and large deficits. Just what the Dim deficit "hawks" claim can't happen.
Fixed it for you. Now it's COMPLETELY accurate. The Rats can never give President Reagan credit where credit was due. Not only did they spend the entire 8 years of his presidency denying him credit for his achievements...they might be forced to concede that Clinton skated along on the effects of Reagan's economic policies. They would never allow that to happen.
Economically speaking, though the circumstances are quite different, President Bush faces a similar challenge in cleaning up the mess Clinton left behind as Reagan faced in the aftermath of the Carter fiasco. Menaing during Bush's second term, we should all be doing much better economically.