2012 Match-ups: Obama, Romney Tied at 45%; Obama 48%, Palin 42%
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Intellectuals rank Bush as one of the worse Presidents as well
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ranking_presidents
G.Bush ranked 36th out of the 42 Presidents
Lincoln ranked best president by historians
WASHINGTON â Just days after the nation honored the 200th anniversary of his birth, 65 historians ranked Abraham Lincoln as the nation's best president.
Former President George W. Bush, who left office last month, was ranked 36th out of the 42 men who had been chief executive by the end of 2008, according to a survey conducted by the cable channel C-SPAN.
Bush scored lowest in international relations, where he was ranked 41st, and in economic management, where he was ranked 40th. His highest ranking, 24th, was in the category of pursuing equal justice for all. He was ranked 25th in crisis leadership and vision and agenda setting.
In contrast, Lincoln was ranked in the top three in each of the 10 categories evaluated by participants.
In C-SPAN's only other ranking of presidents, in 2000, former President Bill Clinton jumped six spots from No. 21 to 15. Other recent presidents moved positions as well: Ronald Reagan advanced from No. 11 to 10, George H.W. Bush rose from No. 20 to 18 and Jimmy Carter fell from No. 22 to 25.
This movement illustrates that presidential reputations are influenced by present-day concerns, said survey adviser and participant Edna Medford.
"Today's concerns shape our views of the past, be it in the area of foreign policy, managing the economy or human rights," Medford said in a statement.
After Lincoln, the academics rated George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman as the best leaders overall. The same five received top spots in the 2000 survey, although Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt swapped spots this year.
Rated worst overall were James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, William Henry Harrison and Warren G. Harding.
The survey was conducted in December and January. Participants ranked each president on a scale of one, "not effective" to 10, "very effective," on a list of 10 leadership qualities including relations with Congress, public persuasion and moral authority.
Said as the market marches to higher highs as it recovers from the bush disaster.
When unemployment goes sub 8%, let me know.
You partisan-types make everything a right versus left issue. When its both parties who just pick up where the other left off.
Don't worry. Cap and Trade, Universal Healthcare and trillions in bailouts will mark Obama's legacy.
I'm pretty sure you think Ann Coulture is hot
Is there a day that goes by that you dont make a post regarding me? Your obsession with me is disturbing
Warren Buffet and George Soros supported Obama didnt they ?
Obama has three years and three months to turn things back around (or to be given credit for turning things around).
If he does, a Reagan-like landslide (like in 1984)
If he does not, a 2004 nailbiter.
Fact is, in terms of demographics, Republicans are fighting an uphill battle.
If he does, a Reagan-like landslide (like in 1984)
If he does not, a 2004 nailbiter.
Fact is, in terms of demographics, Republicans are fighting an uphill battle.