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Clinton's Presidency, specifically his second half, was Left Leaning Centrist.
Reagan's Presidency was definitely solidly conservative, though would be considered moderately conservative if picked up and dropped point for point into the modern era.
Clinton HIMSELF however was and is clearly a solid to strong liberal and Reagan himself ideologically was absolutely a solid to strong Conservative.
There is a difference between what an individuals views/thoughts/ideology is and how they govern based on the issues in front of them. Clinton's personal views, for people who listen to him talk, listen to his hopes and desires prior to election, his view on things post presidency, etc was hardly a "centrist". Reagan would hardly be someone you could call moderate either in terms of his actuals views. But the situations politically both found themselves in led their Presidencies to look differently then they themselves may be.
REAGAN would not have issues passing republican purity tests today, Reagan's 1980's PRESIDENCY dropped uncontextually into the modern day would have issues.
Yes, I was referring to what they did, not where they stood. Applying that to Romney and Obama yields interesting results.