Yes, even Millard Fillmore is no longer safe. Scott Horton at his Harper's blog observes the latest: "A Pew Research Center poll of 109 leading historians found that 61 percent of them rank Bush as 'worst ever' among U.S. presidents. Bush’s key competition comes from Buchanan, apparently, and a further 2 percent of the sample puts Bush right behind Buchanan as runner-up for 'worst ever.' 96 percent of the respondents place the Bush presidency in the bottom tier of American presidencies. And was his presidency (it’s a bit wishful to speak of his presidency in the past tense–after all there are several more months left to go) a success or failure? On that score the numbers are still more resounding: 98 percent label it a 'failure.'"
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Bush: worst of the worst?
Yes, even Millard Fillmore is no longer safe. Scott Horton at his Harper's blog observes the latest: "A Pew Research Center poll of 109 leading historians found that 61 percent of them rank Bush as 'worst ever' among U.S. presidents. Bush’s key competition comes from Buchanan, apparently, and a further 2 percent of the sample puts Bush right behind Buchanan as runner-up for 'worst ever.' 96 percent of the respondents place the Bush presidency in the bottom tier of American presidencies. And was his presidency (it’s a bit wishful to speak of his presidency in the past tense–after all there are several more months left to go) a success or failure? On that score the numbers are still more resounding: 98 percent label it a 'failure.'"
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