It will be worse than that. Most of them have rejected the idea of a higher power or authority, so for them this it will be a failure of the highest possible order.
True, as much as we love Reagan, we know he was just a man with a temporary job to do. They view zippy as their god and act as if there was no one before him, and no one after him. I believe they would make him president for life (dictator) if they could.