I like to think of Clinton as the best Republican President the US has had since Reagan (didn't always agree with Reagan's policies, and his trickle down economics is no longer taken seriously by most economists, but the guy had charisma, smarts, and managed to do things his own way without alienating people at home or abroad). I know Clinton was a "democrat", but if you actually look at the bulk of what he did in office then he was, by any honest measure, either a very conservative democrat or a very moderate republican.
I'd probably give Reagan a C+ (strong foreign policy, very mediocre domestic policy, but it was hard not to like the guy anyway), Bush Sr a D (great cv, foreign policy expert, won a nearly bloodless war, at least for our side, that could have been avoided and followed it up with crippling, almost genocidal sanctions while being very unpopular on domestic issues), Clinton a B- (peace, prosperity, but generally maintained the status quo otherwise... also, like Reagan, very bright, well spoken and likable) and Bush Jr a big fat Zero; in fact, I think its time to expel him from office as he seems to have the anti-Midas touch... everything he touches turns to ****... but alas, the thread's not about Bush Jr.
