Does that surprise you? He was also a Democrat before he was a Republican. The one side is all bad and the other side is all good bullshit is garbage. Why buy into that? Either issues are the focus or they are not.
I know they said they were friends, but that doesn't mean they worked together. I remember the time well, and Tip was a brutal majority leader in typical liberal style refusing to take his foot off the spending gas pedal. He changed house rules and procedures on the fly to thwart Republican efforts. He attacked Reagan on military spending as he was going to start WWIII. One of you is going to have to remind me of things that he worked "with" Reagan on.
Reagan got his agenda through Congress. Tax cuts, more military spending and more deregulation. He was willing to give O'Neil some of what he wanted to get his agenda passed
Boehner would never do the same. He would rather shut down government than make a deal
not so, obama aint no reagan, we all know obama blew up the last debt ceiling deal after an agreement between the 2, by going back to the well for another $400 Bn, Boehner walked away......and last jan. when Obama got the tax increases, he said he would be open to revenue neutral tax reform and entitlement spending ....thats now according to his latest speeches a dead duck, theres 3 examples of bargaining in bad faith on very big issues.