Best President from World War 2 to 2012? And why?

[Rooney]

I voted for Jimmy Carter, but this is a pretty bad group of presidents to choose from. Carter is to be applauded for appointing Paul Volker to the Federal Reserves and the establishment of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. While FISA was later abused it's establishment was, none the less, a good thing in terms of curtailing CIA and NSA abuse of foreign surveillance.