In case you missed it, legendary columnist Bob Novak sat down with us on Kudlow & Company last night to discuss his new book, “Prince of Darkness,” a memoir chronicling his 50 years of Washington reporting. Here’s what the greatest journalist of our generation had to say when I asked him who the best president he’d seen in his half century of reporting was.

NOVAK: There’s no question. There’s not even a close second. Ronald Reagan was really the only fundamentally successful president in my half century. And it’s because–I didn’t really fully realize it at the time–he didn’t get bogged down in details. He wasn’t a micromanager. He really had very few things he was trying to do: Win the Cold War, restore the economy through some tax cuts; and restore the faith of the American people. He hit all three.