Even Reagan , God bless him , made compromises in the face of reality . He , above all others , knew the necessity of deal-making in politics . He just refused to give away the store .
He didn't run on a platform of compromise or answer many questions with "I dunno, I'll get back to you after I figure out what the right answer is". Deal-making after your elected is one thing, and every "deal" he did was with the goal in mind of advancing conservative (his!) ideals. Annual appropriations aside, he was enormously successful, and with a hostile opposition congress! he got
them to compromise a hell of a lot more than they got him! If you recall, it was the dem's who backslided on their deficit promises and caused the debt of that era, Reagan won all the other battles.
I guess I am foolish to think that can ever be replicated ever again, maybe it won't, but it is the template to aim for.