presidential approval

Do you remember how we all thought about George W Bush? Dig out some of the things you wrote at the time. It may have been similar to this from Jeremy Osbourne (NSFW): HCuCiDaD-so As bad as people think Donald J Trump is, almost everyone now saying we are in "unprecedented times" forget that...

All the U.S. Presidents, Ranked by “Greatness” https://cognitivefeedbackloop.com/all-the-u-s-presidents-ranked-by-greatness-b5f6a0b6dc3e Reagan rated higher than I thought he would. Not surprised at all that Trump is rated so low. There is supposed to be more details here...

Based on their actions as president who would you say was the worst between our 2 most recent republican presidents?

Folks please note this has been moved to the "History..." section. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/all-time-best-president-united-states-rankings-235149 Compared to Trump Obama comes off as very moderate and conservative indeed. Despite Republican's trying portray him as being "leftist"...

This is an excellent analysis of Obama's legacy in spite of the spin from his eloquent mouth. The only legacy he can claim is that he was the first Black President. Anything further than that is pure political spin. Some of the unilateral actions he claims will be undone in the coming weeks...

Being "respected" by Putin is a perk... but what about the rest of the world? One common factoid that Trump and other Republicans have pushed is the idea that Obama isn't "respected" by other countries. This is of course a highly questionable assertion considering that Obama has continued to...

It strikes me as a rather under reported story, but the Red Cross has declared the Louisiana flooding to be the worst US natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy four years ago. Obama is finally being criticized for seeming rather aloof and unconcerned about the disaster. Will he be criticized...

Somebody claimed recently in another thread that Obama's presidency will be treated very favorably by historians. I'm sure that many active participants in USA Politics would agree. My question is "what are his major successes?" It would also be relevant to explain how he, personally, was...

I was just thinking about this today, so I figured I'd start a thread on this subject. What do you think the second President Bush's ultimate legacy will be, at home and around the world? Will history be kinder to him than many observers have been (particularly - but certainly not exclusively -...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/2/obama-worst-president-wwii-new-poll-shows/ "“Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel,” said Tim Malloy...

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/bush-come-back-bush/ And # 11? Bush for all his faults wasn't STUCK ON STUPID.

Seems to me, at least for the next ten years, W. will be reviled as a guy who had his heart in the right place (some will debate this) but was surrounded by idealogues who steered him in a bad direction. He got bad advice and followed it, and when he might have listened to better advice he chose...

I don't think Carter was a bad president myself, but I seem to disagree with the majority on that point. Obama has turned up right in the middle of the perfect storm. I don't know, maybe he is a miracle worker, but I think he's going to be powerless to do a lot about what is happening, pretty...

For those who didn’t vote Bush (or live outside the U.S.) but were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, what was the final straw? For those who voted Bush, at what point did you regret it, if ever? Are you approaching the upcoming election any differently? Any insights beyond the...

If he got fatter than Taft or died tomorrow. Got it. Aside from the flip responses, what would it take. When this stupidity in Iraq started my thought was that he was on the razors edge and that it could go either way. IMO, if, over the coming 5-6 years, Iraq become a centroid of democracy...

I was thinking about starting a thread on whether Bush was the worst president in my life (starting with Eisenhower), but before I started the thread I came across this editorial...

Usually, AOL polls have slight conservative lean (I've seen this on all polls about the UN, abortion, stem-cell research, immigration, etc.), but this is something new, it looks like a new mandate: