On this President’s Day, let us open the comment lines to one of the most commonly debated parts of American history. Who was our finest leader? Was is Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, who kept this nation together and ended the wicked institution of slavery? Was it Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, who guided the nation through the Great Depression and World War II?

What about the worst ever? Before he’s even left office, George W. Bush has been labeled by many as the worst president ever, having overseen an economy shift from record surpluses to record deficits; being M.I.A. in the hours following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil; still — over 6 years later — being unable to capture the man responsible for those attacks; whose administration was unable to get food and water to Americans stranded on rooftops after the City of New Orleans was destroyed by flooding… the list goes on. But is W really the worst?

What about Warren G. Harding, who once confessed “I am not fit for this office and never should have been here”? What about Franklin Pierce or James Buchanan? Both of these oft-forgotten presidents failed to prevent the nation from splitting apart in civil war.

What about Richard Nixon, who single-handedly shattered the American idealism of the presidency? Or Jimmy Carter, whose idealism butted heads with the reality of global politics?

So who is the best and the worst of men to ever lead this nation?