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On a scale of one to ten, one being extreme left, 10 extreme right, where have every President from Reagen onwards governed *from, in your estimation

Posted by Loyola Nov 4 '08, 15:47

of the overall impact of their Presidency.
Also, what number would you ascribe to Obama.
Note this isn't a scale of where you think they are ideologically, but a scale of how they acted ideologically once in office.

Responses:

Reagan: 8, Bush 41: 7, Clinton: 4, Bush 43: 3 -- nm - Votin' Vermin Nov 4, 16:03
Reagan: 5. Bush I: 5. Clinton: 5. Bush II: 5. -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 15:58
Reagan (8), Bush (7), Clinton (6), Bush Jr (10), Obama (5) - Guy Nov 4, 15:57
Reagan 8, Bush Sr. 5, Clinton 2, Bush Jr. 4. Yes I said 4. He is not a conservative. -- nm - Redmond Nov 4, 15:53 9
- He wraps so far right, he comes back to liberal. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 15:55 5
  - Yeah, if you cash in America's goodwill with the world to do giveaways for your cronies and pet industries, I don't know that that's on the spectrum -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:59 2
    - Not even that. Liberal is rapid changes in the pursuit of progress..... - Will Hunting Nov 4, 16:00 1
      - Very good point -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 16:02
  - He has spent so much money that it will take 4 liberal Presidents to match him. -- nm - Redmond Nov 4, 15:57 1
    - Really, it'll be quite fun to listen to someone complain about tax and spend liberals after the 8 years of don't tax and spend more Dubya. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 15:58
- No, he exists in his own spectrum which ranges from "Crazy" to "Bat-shit Crazy". -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 15:55 2
  - sqrt(-5) -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 15:57 1
    - I'm number one!! - Dubya Nov 4, 15:58
8 (Reagen), 6 (GHW Bush), 6 (Clinton), 9 (GW Bush). Obama: 4 -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 15:52
Reagan - 8; Bush - 7, Clinton 3.5-5 (after the GOP took over, he came even more to the center. Bush Jr. 9. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 15:51 2
- I agree with the IM. I fear with control of both houses in congress he'll be a bit too much to the left. - dogbert183 Nov 4, 15:53 1
  - I hope seriously, that the economy stops him from doing anything big in the first 4 months; then health care discussions - Will Hunting Nov 4, 15:55
8, 8, 4, Q, 4 -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:50 4
- I have a flush. I win! -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 15:51 3
  - ANd the answer to this post should have been - con_carne Nov 4, 15:54
  - Q should really be "Halliburton" -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:52 1
    - or "DNQ" (Did Not Qualify" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 15:53
Dude, I had history finals in college that weren't so involved! - Trish Nov 4, 15:50 4
- L4 -- nm - Stacy Nov 4, 15:51
- :) fair enough -- nm - Loyola Nov 4, 15:51
- 2 + 2 is chicken! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 4, 15:50 1
  - pre-cise-ly -- nm - Trish Nov 4, 15:51
the whitehouse -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 15:49
42 (nm) - Douglas Adams Nov 4, 15:48

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