just a note... I would be highly suspect of a "ideologically balanced group" as created by the WSJ and Federalist society. Given both organizations ideological bent, balance may include both the right and far right. That being said the list does look fairly similar to other such lists I have seen. (It does have a slightly more conservative bent than some of the others I have seen, but not to the degree of some)
One critique of any person or groups rankings of presidents is that in the case of Reagan forward it is really too soon to make an accurate empirical assessment of presidential performance. Personally I think it is far too early to rate even as far back as Nixon, although Nixon might be fair game at this point.
I have seen far too many poor quality scholarly articles that have taken an almost "journalistic" approach to instant analysis. (See almost anything written in Presidential Studies Quarterly in the last 15 years or so)
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Date: 2007-05-27 05:22 pm (UTC)One critique of any person or groups rankings of presidents is that in the case of Reagan forward it is really too soon to make an accurate empirical assessment of presidential performance. Personally I think it is far too early to rate even as far back as Nixon, although Nixon might be fair game at this point.
I have seen far too many poor quality scholarly articles that have taken an almost "journalistic" approach to instant analysis. (See almost anything written in Presidential Studies Quarterly in the last 15 years or so)