I was born in 47, and started reading a daily newspaper at the age of 10, so take that for what it’s worth.
It’s only in the last twenty years or so that I’ve really started to yearn for a woman president. I will take Ms. Clinton in a heartbeat, but I’ve begun to question whether she will win. In any event, the Democratic President this year may very well be the best President of my Adult life. And the Republican President, if such should disastrously happen, will clearly be the worst. Such is how our politics have progressed.
Personally, this is how I would rank the Presidents of my lifetime, from worst to best: (1) Richard Nixon; (2) Ronald Reagan, and Bush and Bush tied; (3) Eisenhower; (4) Johnson; (5) Kennedy and Carter tied; and (6) Clinton and Obama tied.
I expect the Democrat to win this year, and I expect that President to be no worse than tied for sixth place on that scale.
If all holy hell breaks lose this year and the Republican wins, I expect to be ranking back into the 1800’s, and I don’t have a clue how to do that well!