Rank the presidents in modern electability

[Wakie]

Are their legacies known or are we treating them as "first time candidates"?  This is going to have a huge impact on a candidate like Lincoln.

[Wakie]

With their legacies known (at least the public perception of them), most electable to least w/ W Bush excluded ....

1) George Washington
2) Thomas Jefferson
3) Abe Lincoln
4) FDR
5) Ronald Reagan
6) JFK
7) Dwight Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
9) Harry Truman
10) US Grant
(I know, a lousy President but he's got name recognition.)
11) Bill Clinton
12) Andrew Jackson
Hey ... the $20 bill guy.
13) James Monroe
14) James Madison
15) James Garfield
16) Grover Cleveland
17) Zach Taylor
18) William McKinley
19) John Adams
20) John Quincy Adams
21) George HW Bush
22) Calvin Coolidge
23) James Polk
24) Rutherford Hayes
25) Woodrow Wilson
26) William Taft
27) Chester Arthur
28) John Tyler
29) Ben Harrison
30) Martin Van Buren
31) William Henry Harrison
32) Gerald Ford
33) Jimmy Carter
34) LBJ
35) Millard Fillmore
36) Franklin Pierce
37) Andrew Johnson
38) James Buchanan
39) Warren Harding
40) Richard Nixon
41) Herb Hoover
Much bad press ... much bad press.

[Wakie]

Oh, come on. There is no way Bill Clinton would be more electable than James Madison.

1) Bill Clinton is in recent memory.  Most Americans have no clue who James Madison is.

2) You may hate him, but Clinton has A LOT of charisma.

3) Although his work on the Constituition is admirable, as a President Madison's performance is suspect.  Heck, the White House was burned during his administration.

[Wakie]

What's your source on that? I don't believe that the majority of Americans don't know who the Father of the Constitution is.

What's my "source"?

Ok, go up to 10 random people on the street and ask them who James Madison is.  My bet is that less than 1/2 know.