“Sorry to ruin the day of purists, but I’d vote for Jeb or Trump over Hillary!”
Well, Mr Rogers, I agree with you. I too will vote for Trump is he is the nominee, even though I have my doubts. However, when it comes to Hillary, there is no doubt.
In my mind Cruz is the nearest to Reagan; but he is, admittedly, without the winning personality and the hard won experience of having been a Demo and having seen that the D party left him. It is too bad. But he is the best of a flawed group of candidates.
It Trump and Cruz could somehow come together, each supplying what the other does not have, that would be the best we could realistically do at this point.
I continue to be amazed of the Cruz comparison to Reagan.
Cruz the one true Conservative, the only really True Conservative to ever run for President was probably Barry Goldwater, Period...
I would suggest that you take a closer look at Reagan, I have come to realize that Reagan was never really that Conservative. The President he most admired was FDR and I the more research I do on Reagan I don’t think he ever really gave up totally his thinking as a FDR Liberal in some respects.
As time continues to pass the myth of Reagan takes front stage over the reality. I still think of him as a great President but I can see that more was attributed to him as a Conservative than really met the eye.