I suspect that many of the posters here have read biographies on some of our past presidents. If you recall many of them started out with many critics but eventually won them over. And it is a given that history is kinder to past presidents then some may deserve.

In my opinion voters can now pass judgement on Obama because he has had his 15 minutes in the sun and has failed miserably.

Romney on the other hand is in campaign mode. It requires give and take between candidate and voter for a variety of reasons including not turning voters off too soon before a candidate has had an opportunity to build his/her programs.

FDR was a favorite but not one of my favorites. History was kinder to him than he deserved. Many of his policies during the depression were wrong and prolonged it. Clinton would have also failed miserably but for the six years that he had to work with a Republican Congress. History also favors him more than he deserves. Nixon was a total disaster short of his opening negotiations with China. Kennedy was popular only and revered due to his demise. Truman is a favorite of mine because he could be trusted and stood by his decisions many of which carried high consequences. Ronald Reagan is my favorite because he reintroduced patriotism and pride in America and brought propserity back to America.

I believe that Romney will make a good president because he has the intelligence, experience in problem solving and decision making, humble but confident,understands the economy and is very ehtical. He unlike Obama works to build things and concensus whereas Obama's background as an organizer was alwaysto tear down and divide.