the faith of the american people in themselves again and, of course, help end the cold war. not too shabby what reagan turned out to do. we know that president obama was an honors grade and harvard law grad. what does that translate into? people are a little turned off by annicademia and let s look a carter and fdr, what does it tell us? fdr is a very good example. many historians rank him as one of the great presidents of all time. he went to harvard, a very good school but he was not a particularly great student. he was a man of the gentleman c which was prevalent at the time. he didn t distinguish himself in any way there. he did go on to win the presidency despite great physical ailment and usher america through world war ii. he also, of course, greatly transformed the american domestic political scene.