The Democratic Party Reagan belong to was far, far, more conservative then todays GOP will ever again hope to be. The GOP is dead. Two Bushes and congress of the Liberal side have destroyed it.
Remember too that the GOP was born on a Liberal and strong central government assuming absolute powes platform written to appease the northern industrialist of that era and carry out their trade agenda. Lincoln in effect destroyed the States Rights the founders and framers intended for this nation. How ironic the GOP made a complete circle and returned to it's ill conceived Liberal roots at the expense of the nations very survival.
Good post.