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August 23, 2009
Presidential rankings
Has any group of American historians produced one of those polls announcing how they rank the current president against, say, Millard Fillmore or James Buchanan?
I haven't seen one yet, and I read Cliopatria pretty regularly.
And if not, why? If it's too soon to assess, why was it not too soon to assess the previous administration in course?
Of course, the question makes medievalists wonder about the current affairs quotient of American history as a discipline in general, if one can poll experts about what's still going on. I mean, no one ever asks me how Sarkozy or Merkel ranks against Charlemagne or Louis the Stammerer.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at August 23, 2009 8:01 PM