http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/cnn25.top.fascinating/index.html
'(CNN) -- The world of politics is home to some of the most fascinating people of the last quarter-century, according to a Top 25 list compiled by CNN and editors at Time magazine.
President Bush, ranked No. 4 on the list, entered the White House for the first of his two-term tenure in the wake of the bitterly contested 2000 election. Shortly thereafter, he led the nation through the September 11 attacks and subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"He embraced an idea in foreign policy, the notion of a pre-emptive war and the possibility that that war can spread democracy in a region," said Priscilla Painton, executive editor at Time. "Over the objections of many people, he pushed that idea forward in ways history will judge. But where historians won't disagree is accessing the boldness of that idea."
The man who occupied the Oval Office before Bush comes in at No. 6. Bill Clinton was one of the youngest presidents ever and survived an impeachment to remain a Democratic Party icon.
What makes Clinton so fascinating, according to some who know the former president, is that he is so fascinated by the people around him.
"I think it's that he is one of the smartest men I've ever met," says Janet Reno, who was Clinton's attorney general. "[He] has the capacity to talk to a person as if they are the most important person around and as if he understands their hopes and fears and dreams."...
Do you think anyone is missing from this top 25 list?
'(CNN) -- The world of politics is home to some of the most fascinating people of the last quarter-century, according to a Top 25 list compiled by CNN and editors at Time magazine.
President Bush, ranked No. 4 on the list, entered the White House for the first of his two-term tenure in the wake of the bitterly contested 2000 election. Shortly thereafter, he led the nation through the September 11 attacks and subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"He embraced an idea in foreign policy, the notion of a pre-emptive war and the possibility that that war can spread democracy in a region," said Priscilla Painton, executive editor at Time. "Over the objections of many people, he pushed that idea forward in ways history will judge. But where historians won't disagree is accessing the boldness of that idea."
The man who occupied the Oval Office before Bush comes in at No. 6. Bill Clinton was one of the youngest presidents ever and survived an impeachment to remain a Democratic Party icon.
What makes Clinton so fascinating, according to some who know the former president, is that he is so fascinated by the people around him.
"I think it's that he is one of the smartest men I've ever met," says Janet Reno, who was Clinton's attorney general. "[He] has the capacity to talk to a person as if they are the most important person around and as if he understands their hopes and fears and dreams."...
Do you think anyone is missing from this top 25 list?
