Who cares what Rudy thinks about Reagan or anyone else for that matter. Rudy is no conservative. He's a liberal. He opposes just about everything conservatism stands for. That means he opposes everything I stand for. Wake up already. STOP wasting your time building this guy into some type of savior of the GOP. He won't get the nomination. End of discussion.
It is early, but Rudy is consistently polling well. Oh, I know polls don't mean much...but they do mean he has good name recognition.
Having seen him in action as mayor, I may end up voting for him -- or not. As I said, it's early.