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Obama is the 15th greatest President of all time.

According to a survey of 238 presidential scholars:

In office for barely two years, Obama entered the survey in the 15th position - two spots behind Bill Clinton and three spots ahead of Ronald Reagan.

Obama got high marks for intelligence, ability to communicate and imagination, but his score was dragged down by his relative lack of experience and family background.

Yeah, they marked him down because of his humble beginnings. He should have been higher.

George W. Bush is at 39th place: "a steep drop from 23rd place, which is where Bush ranked when he entered the survey after his first year in office." He got marked way down for his low capacity for compromise. Plus he was the second-to-the-dumbest President. Harding was the biggest dunce.

The linked article is in The Daily News, which also has a poll asking readers to pick "the best president of your lifetime." The Democratic Party choices are getting nearly all the votes, with Barack Obama the biggest winner at 37%. The Republican choices can only scrape together 6% of the votes total, with Reagan hogging 5%. George W. Bush gets 1%. George H.W. Bush is left off the list, but the so is Jimmy Carter ? would anyone say Carter? ? and there is an "Other" choice, so it's balanced.

I'll redo the survey here, for what it's worth. I'm including all the Presidents but only going back to Carter. A lot of us are older, but it's screwy to have some of us voting for guys that other readers can't vote for.

Who's the best President of your lifetime?
	Barack Obama
	George W. Bush
	Bill Clinton
	George H.W. Bush
	Ronald Reagan
	Jimmy Carter
pollcode.com free polls

Full post as published by Althouse on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).