Who's the best President?

Interesting to read all the answers and the reasons that people have for them here. I have to agree with many that Eisenhower was an amazing president. He and Teddy Roosevelt would have to be two of my favorite Republicans in history.

At one time I thought of Lincoln as one of the greats, but I don't think that way anymore. While I think slavery was wrong, I don't think it set a good precedent to go to war over states wanting to pull out of the union. After growing older and thinking about it more, I can think of very few other acts that are more tyrannical than going to war with our own people because they chose to leave the union. States should have the right to decide their fate, just like people should have the right to elect their leaders. I think he set a very dangerous precedent. Lincoln also weakened many of the laws that kept corporations in check. It can be rightly argued that he set the ball in motion for most of the problems this nation has dealt with since then. Prior to Lincoln corporations had next to no power in gov. After Lincoln, corporations had the power to become the gov and own it. It gave rise to the robber baron age and the FED.

Madison had some hiccups during his presidency, but other than that, he helped pave the way for some marvelous things to take shape.