Survey: Obama Ranked 15th Best President, Bush 39th

Survey: Obama Ranked 15th Best President, Bush 39th

President Obama ranks 15th on a new survey of the best American presidents, slightly higher than any other recent president.

Researchers at Siena College in New York polled 238 presidential scholars, asking them to rate all 43 U.S. presidents in 19 categories—from imagination and integrity to their accomplishments in foreign and domestic policy.

Study director Douglas Lonnstrom says Mr. Obama’s predecessors all started out in the middle range, around number 20.

Siena College has conducted the survey since 1982. It’s always done one year after a new president takes office.

Well I'll be...

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Well Hindsight proves to be 20/20. I think too many people are shooting their load to early on this one.

From what I remember from the campaign trail he was sent from krypton to save the earth I figured he would be a little higher than 15 I guess he slid down a bit in his 11/2 years at post.

"President Obama received high marks for imagination, intelligence and communication, but he scored poorly on family background."
whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com...

Scored poorly on family back ground.
I thought that every one knew his back ground

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You mean like this...?

Obama should be ranked 43rd best president. Bush should be 44th.

Just like how Obama won the Noble Prize just a few months in.

With history still being written and the first year of his presidency just passing, he is considered number 15 already.












[edit on 2-7-2010 by prionace glauca]

Well being ranked 15 is kind of like being called "Best of the lousiest, or lousiest of the best".