Kathryn, Bush is a Reaganite Conservative. Which is to say, he comes from the pro-growth wing of the economic side of the party — not the green eyeshade wing. He is a liberal internationalist and democracy proponent — not a realist or isolationist. He believes in the safety net — not in a libertarian, pre-New Deal vision. He believes in entitlement reform — like Reagan. And like Reagan, he signed an ill-conceived entitlement bill nonetheless (in Reagan’s case, catastrophic health insurance; in his, a prescription drug benefit). The thing is, many conservatives say they like Reagan. But what they like about Reagan is what Reagan mirrored in them, not what he actually was.