One-Term Presidents Don’t Make the Grade With Historians
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July 30 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. political junkies are beingtreated to a feast this summer: David Maraniss’ acclaimed newbook on Barack Obama, the durable Mitt Romney biography by twoBoston Globe reporters and, of course, another installment ofRobert Caro’s classic series on Lyndon Johnson.
After reading those, you also might want to pick up RobertMerry’s “Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyesof Voters and Historians,” an analysis of how presidents farewith historians and why. It would make especially instructivereading for Obama and Romney.