Task II Essay

In 1999 the public affairs television network C-SPAN collected various skill and information from the historians to measure the effectiveness of presidents of the United States. The network arranged their survey from the best to the worst. I think it was a fair accurate way to produce an arrange.

I think that not every ranking system is perfect. It is impossible to show the accuracy of the inspect. Historian Howar Roso said that his ranking system of inspect was fun and interesting but it was not the final word on the presidency.

Comparing to the historians and C-SPAN ranking system. The historians graded each president on a 1 to 10 scale in each of ten leadership categories. But C-SPAN collected those scores and gave each president a score between 1 and 100 rank the presidents. The C-SPAN invited viewers to participate in the survey in order to increase publicity for the survey.

On the chart, the C-SPAN was using different projected approval to measure the ratings of George W. Bush's Presidency. The majority of those polled believed George W. Bush would be an above average president.

The C-SPAN ranking system is better because they covered legislative skills, moral authority and historical context. By combined all these aspects the survey is balance and it presents a fair, accurate and complete portray of president of the United States.