Who was the best President?

[BillZBubb]

55. FDR. No president in the last century and a half can touch what he achieved. It is not even close.

From the list provided, LBJ could have been the best, except he so feared the right wing anti-communists that he let himself buy into the Vietnam disaster. That mistake (and mistake is too kind a word) negates just about all the good he did domestically.

JFK was on a good track, but he just didn't have enough time in office to rate very high. Carter is a decent man, and of all the presidents, he and Obama tower in that regard. But Carter made the very bad mistake of bringing his Georgia entourage to DC to run the executive branch. He relied on a not ready for prime time crew and that was his tragic mistake.

Not one of the republicans after Eisenhower is worth spit. There is not a decent human being in the lot.

From the list given, Obama is best, though far from FDRs level.