You’re wrong. Mark Levin was in the Reagan admin. and explained how Reagan had no relationship with Tip O’Neill. He had to communicate with other elements of Congress who were more reasonable.
We also know Reagan cut some bad deals of his own, e.g. immigration. We need to learn from all the past mistakes.
I don’t really have much Trust in Levin any longer.
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/frenemies-a-love-story/?_r=0
Reagan did agree to about 1 million illegal aliens getting amnesty.
3.5 signed up. He was lied to by the Democrats and his own people.
As for the new laws on the books as part of that deal, they were top notch. If they had been implemented, they would have prevented us from being over-run.
Bush refused to enforce them. Clinton did as well. So did G. W. Of Course Obama didn’t. Now we’re stuck with 30 million illegals.
That was not Reagan’s fault.