From a Matt Yglesias post:
"In response, Stoller gave me seven rather than ten “FDR, Lincoln, Grant, Washington, T. Roosevelt, Truman, LBJ" (The "Stoller" is a Matt Stoller, apparently a leftish type.)
What caused my jaw to drop: Grant. Grant!! For most of my life Ulysses S. Grant was ranked in the bottom of U.S. Presidents, with a reputation for ignoring corruption that was hard to shake. I think only Harding and Buchanan were usually considered worse. But his inclusion in a top-seven list, even if idiosyncratic, probably means that his support for Reconstruction is winning him support among some.
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