Rank the presidents in modern electability

[12th Doctor]

I'll just do the top 10, excluding Bush and Clinton and knowing nothing of their legacies.  In short, if they were fresh faces and running today with similar backrounds to what they had.

1) George Washington- Colin Powell
2) Teddy Roosevelt- John McCain
3) Ronald Reagan- Hmmm... the Gipper would just be himself.
4) JFK- Perhapes Chris Hienz or his own son, JFK Jr.
5) Jimmy Carter- Once again, he would be himself.
6) Dwight Eisenhower- Kinda a Tommy Franks, I suppose, but much larger a figure.  Perhapes Franks, Clark and Stormin' Norman all rolled into one.
7) William McKinnley- George W. Bush
Thomas Jefferson- John Kerry... with a pulse.
9) John Adams- Newt Gingrich
10) Harry Truman- Harry Ried, except pro-Iraq War

[12th Doctor]

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.

I'm with Wakie.  No one ever lost money betting against America's knowledge of its history.

I'd guess Jefferson gets more votes than Madison if you ask 100 random people who wrote the Constitution.

I don't think half of the American people know who Jefferson is.  American knowledge of history and civics is abysmal... well in about 40% of the population, anyway.