"Why is that????"
Because we all trust that Reagan was a true, unabahsed conservative, and we don't have the same trust for either Bush.
Gosh, and wasn't that the same Ronald Reagan who used to be a DemocRAT and probably gave $$ to the DemocRAT party?
But even being a "true unabashed conservative" does not guarantee that your appointees won't turn toward the "dark side" i.e. O'Connor and Kennedy.