Comments on: Picking a past president to lead?

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:22:40 +0000

Al Gore

By: Justin H

Justin H — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:47 +0000

TR. All day everyday. Even if he was a rupublican, he had a mind ALL HIS OWN, something politicians lack these days.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:38 +0000

Okay, these commenters have Not done their homework!
( BILL CLINTON??? Give me a Break!)...and by the way, one day ,you people will realize Dubya wasn't so bad

Ronald Reagan...in a heartbeat....
Baton Rouge, LA

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:33 +0000

Alexander Hamilton

By: Charles Pratt

Charles Pratt — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:22 +0000

Woodrow Wilson for his idealism, Franklin Roosevelt for his ability to move the federal bureacracy, and Bill Clinton for his ability to work with the opposition party to achieve results.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:19 +0000

I would have to say Jack Kennedy

By: Christa Persico

Christa Persico — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:17 +0000

Abraham Lincoln . . . Sometimes, as a nation we have to do the hard or unpopular thing - like fight to preserve the Union – and Lincoln was able to get it done. We need a President willing to tackle the oil companies and get us moving in the right direction on global warming.

By: Cal

Cal — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:15 +0000

JFK everyone? Honestly – Kennedy, Clinton, Obama – all similar in that they talk a good game, but really don't do a lot of good.

Eisenhower.

By: Loren

Loren — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:12 +0000

Amazing how little of history your readers know. Kennedy? Clinton? All talk and no principle, when push came to shove they both put their personal interests above those of the nation. Reagan? Everyone forgets that while he spent the Soviets into submission, he saddled the country with the largest deficits and debt ever. This will be out of left field compared to everyone else, but my preference is Eisenhower. Personally, I like managed boredom, despite the red-baiting that was virulent at the time of his early administration, he allowed it to take its course and the perpetrators to expose themselves for the venal fools they were. As an ex-soldier, he was wary of involving our country in war in a way that the non-veteran Presidents we have had haven't been able to avoid. As a midwesterner, he understood best that what most Americans want is to live in peace and prosperity and the best way to accomplish that is the middle ground, don't try to hit the home run every time, a lesson that many of the current candidates don't seem to understand.

By: Demetrios

Demetrios — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:17:03 +0000

I would have to say..Bill Clinton