Scholars rate 10 worst presidential mistakes, with Buchanan topping the list

AP Worldstream | February 18, 2006| | Copyright

ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-18-2006
Dateline: LOUISVILLE, Kentucky
From engaging in sexual relations with an intern to letting the Vietnam War escalate, U.S. presidents have been blamed for some egregious errors.

So who had the worst blunder? President James Buchanan, for failing to avert the Civil War, according to a survey of presidential historians organized by the University of Louisville's McConnell Center.

The survey's top 10 presidential blunders were announced Saturday during a President's Day weekend conference called "Presidential Moments."

"We can ...

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