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14. It's a poll of leading historians and professional observers

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 09:32 AM

Feb 2017

https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2017/?page=participants

As to Reagan I slept a lot easier when he was president. At least he paid lip service to liberal democracy, pluralism, and the rule of law.

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Obama ranked 12th best president by historians in new C-SPAN poll [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 OP

Shrub is way too high lol unblock Feb 2017 #1

Interesting how high Ike is rated... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #2

Ike has been steadily on the rise Chitown Kev Feb 2017 #9

Ronald Reagan #9????? 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #3

Agreed, though I wonder what criteria they use unblock Feb 2017 #4

Methodology DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #5

Yeah Reagan scores high in some of those unblock Feb 2017 #6

THAT IS A WTF pick... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #8

What the hell is little Bushie doing at Number 33? Elwood P Dowd Feb 2017 #7

What a pantload BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #10

trump has forever besmirched himself but at least Cha Feb 2017 #11

It's a poll of leading historians and professional observers DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #14

Yep, I've gleefully defendedd him for 8 years BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #16

Wilson was a racist, but the reason he is rated so high is because he gave us... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #13

Reagan also laid the groundwork for the income inequality we have now BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #15

Way too low. ucrdem Feb 2017 #12