Best post Eisenhower Republican President?

[IceSpear]

Dear Lord, people... The only thing worse than a left-winger defending Nixon is a left-winger defending Reagan.

The problem is is that the Republican party post-Eisenhower was largely pretty awful. Objectively, you had one well-regarded President, two steam-piles of mediocrity, and two god-awful Presidents. While I preferred Ford and Bush snr. to Reagan as people, there isn't a lot to say about their records as President. Reagan while obviously implementing a lot of policies I hate is probably the defining figure of politics today.

So that's why I voted Reagan. Not my favourite, but is the best, most accomplished. And he wasn't utterly corrupt (for lack of a better word) like Nixon.

This.