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Monday, October 13, 2008

Presidential Greatness

Alternative ways of ranking presidents here, here and here, and here.

Skowronek Typology (see Pika 149)

..............................................................President's Political Identity

..........................................Opposed............................................Affiliated

Prev...........Vulnerable.......Reconstruction (FDR, Reagan).......Disjunction (Carter)
Est
Com ..........Resilient..........Preemption (Ike, Nixon, Clinton)...Articulation (Bush41)
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