Zogby poll: 65 percent rank Ronald Reagan "great" or "near great" president, compared with 41 percent for George W. Bush, 44 percent for Bill Clinton, 33 percent for George H. W. Bush, and 32 percent for Jimmy Carter

National Review, Dec 13, 2004

* Zogby poll: 65 percent rank Ronald Reagan "great" or "near great" president, compared with 41 percent for George W. Bush, 44 percent for Bill Clinton, 33 percent for George H. W. Bush, and 32 percent for Jimmy Carter.... Clinton's presidential library opens in Little Rock, Ark., and displays mention Monica Lewinsky.

... Clinton: "America has two great dominant strands of political thought ... conservatism, which, at its very best, draws lines that should not be crossed; and progressivism, which, at its very best, breaks down barriers that are no longer needed or should never have been erected in the first place." ... Clinton, on ABC: "[There's] not any example of where I ever disgraced this country publicly." ... Rep. Tom Tancredo (R., Colo.) proposes ban on Congress's naming things after sitting members of House and Senate.... Number of convicts with death sentences drops to lowest level in 30 years, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics.