“Put simply, if ‘it’s the economy, stupid,’ then we need to make stronger efforts to properly judge economic performance and to assign credit and blame where they are most deserved,” says Mark Zachary Taylor, assistant professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. His published rankings of U.S. presidents based on their economic choices “are meant to constitute a scientific step in this direction.” Source: UPI, November 5,2012; RTT, November 4, 2012
