The Reagan model for restoration

Ronald Reagan was, and remains, the North Star of the last great conservative revolution -- and the next

What a great picture “ In 1977, Reagan outlined a plan for "The New Republican Party," stating, "The principles of conservatism are sound because they are based on what men and women have discovered through experience in not just one generation or a dozen, but in all the combined experience of mankind. When we conservatives say that we know something about political affairs, and what we know can be stated as principles, we are saying that the principles we hold dear are those that have been found, through experience, to be ultimately beneficial for individuals, for families, for communities and for nations -- found through the often bitter testing of pain, or sacrifice and sorrow." ” At 1310 words, this essay by Mark Penn [The Reagan model for restoration]  covers a lot of ground.  For one thing, it touches on the Left's go-to complaint about Reagan (after "he was stupid"), e.g. - "he increased the deficit!"  Over the years many neo conservatives have ceded that point, for the same reason, I suppose, that many of them are today hostile to questioning Obama's contradictory birth circumstances; -  it's"unproductive."   But here's the point, as I see it.  Reagan's core principles, and his staunch observance of them, is the stuff of success. And what were those principles?