wolfdancer
11-21-2010, 06:08 PM
Rankings of our Presidents, focusing on the presidential achievements, leadership qualities, failures and faults (such as corruption).
XXX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_St ates)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Political scientist Walter Dean Burnham noted the "dichotomous or schizoid profiles" of presidents, which can make some hard to classify. Historian Alan Brinkley said, "There are presidents who could be considered both failures and great or near great (for example, Nixon)". James MacGregor Burns observed of Nixon, "How can one evaluate such an idiosyncratic president, so brilliant and so morally lacking?" </div></div>
XXX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_St ates)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Political scientist Walter Dean Burnham noted the "dichotomous or schizoid profiles" of presidents, which can make some hard to classify. Historian Alan Brinkley said, "There are presidents who could be considered both failures and great or near great (for example, Nixon)". James MacGregor Burns observed of Nixon, "How can one evaluate such an idiosyncratic president, so brilliant and so morally lacking?" </div></div>