<p>Going back to post #40, I’ll say Clinton. I found it interesting that in his biography Alan Greenspan (who has described himself as libertarian/republican) thought Clinton was the brightest president he ever worked with. Here’s a Greenspan quote from a recent interview: </p>
<p>“Say what you will about his politics, say what you will about his
personality, but Bill Clinton is the smartest man I have ever come across
in all of my 82 years. When he first came on in 1992, I would give him
tutorial sessions and by the end of his presidency, he knew my job better
than I did. I can tell you with 100% certainty that we would not be in our
current economic situation if he were in office. Clinton was, at first, a
student of economics and insisted upon knowing every minute detail of data
and its impact .”</p>