He finally became one of the most successful presidents of the club.

But it's a very different thing to take on a successful, two-term Democratic president.

But he would not be the first successful president lacking gifts of articulateness.

"He has been a very successful president, but if you look around Latin America, second terms tend not to go that well."

Tonight's assignment will be to write a five-page thesis paper on who you think was the most successful president of our time.

In the US, some of the successful presidents have had little executive experience.

The larger question is: Does Romney's success in business tell us anything about whether he would be a successful president?

Historians view him as a fairly successful president, not a giant but probably in the upper third.

"I will be," he said in answer to his own question about whether he would be a successful president.

Each successful president needs a personal strategy to avoid changing in office.