What are some attributes that we should rate our Presidents with historically?

2015-02-19T08:17:36Z

When evaluating the President of the United States of America, What are the primary attributes that he/she should be graded upon?

Morals?
Economy?
Security?

Any others?

I have been hired to write a book for a major publisher critiquing each President throughout U.S. History in a format that will try to be as unbiased as possible. I have my foundation set for the book, but I like the forum here at Yahoo and thought I would get some opinions from both Cons and Libs.

2015-02-19T08:18:00Z

Thank you all for your thoughts!

2015-02-20T13:25:38Z

To my surprise, the publisher agreed with my methods due to how I see myself politically. The country has moved so incredibly far to the left overall politically that anybody with even a moderately conservative opinion is viewed as extreme by the media. I on the other hand, see myself as a Consertarian (Conservative-Libertarian) because the views of these two parties are more akin to the vision that our Founding Fathers had.

blueyeznj2015-02-19T08:30:25Z

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Economy, progress, civil advancement, foreign relations, and warlike aggression are among the factors which could be used. Another one is that you need at least 50 years to pass after a presidency ends to accurately put it into historical context.

Anonymous2015-02-19T08:19:45Z

ROFL ... Morals in Politics is not something Presidents or Politics should be be involved in , some types of SECURITY , YES ... Economy is not a Govt ONLY thing either ... you need to learn what a govts role should be tho nor do I believe any one is hiring you to write any book ... especially with your question , you don't even know any thing about govt nor politics ... LOL !

rob2015-02-19T08:20:51Z

Decisions they've made that were beneficial to the majority. Wars started. Men killed while under their power. Civilians killed while under their power. Peace time & economy growth during their power. Those are some i can think of.

Anonymous2015-02-19T08:17:59Z

White Christian Male

Anonymous2015-02-19T08:33:26Z

the ability to generate particularly stupid questions on Yahoo.

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