John F. Kennedy beats Reagan, Che Guevara, as world’s top leader with Irish ancestry

Don Bernardo O'Higgins would have been an excellent choice also.

Please wake up and realize there is No Irish in Obama and, he doesn't want to be associated with the Irish , other than to pretend he does to get votes.

bythebay, did you say something, I must have missed it, @BobbyBhoy what's the connection to Phil Lynott and mudcat?

I would like to see who was on their suggest list if there was one!! Bernardo O'Higgins, William Brown certainly should have been considered.

The very limited poll is about world leader with Irish ancestry, NOT US President.

BrianO, World doesn't equate to the US, I know that's probably an amazing concept for you Americans. There are nearly 200 countries in the World. This piece is misrepresentational and useless for any real information.

A mudcat?.....Philip Lynott and Paul McGrath

Nobody asked me. I would have said Reagan, hands down.Kennedy wasn't President long enough to consider. I was there. He was mostly mystique, which I think would have wore off in time, which is what's happening to Obama. You can only fool people so long with the great speeches and a great smile. Eventually you must DO something.

Will you please stop with this Obama is Irish nonsense.he is a mudcat,probably born in Kenya,and uses some ancient past association of a nebulous Irish past for votes.

Ciardexy, you have a great wit, To be more specific obama's birth father is from kenya which would make him kenyan-American, the washington post would describe him as white- African-American, and harvard would describe him as African American. JFK and Obama have the most name recognition which is why they lead a poll and BYTHEBAY are you ready, most Americans who voted for Obama didn't know who Pelosi,Reid,Barney Frank, or Biden were. But polls are what they are and it's a cute piece, I'll vote for che he puts out a nice tee shirt and I hear the'll be a take away che next to his statue in Galway

ciaradexy...........what is your definition of Irish???

Peggy, Obama IS black! Are you blind or just stupid? You dont have to be white to have an irish ancestor. Still doesnt make him irish though, pretty much like the majority on this site though.

JFK always gets my vote.

I agree with torbreezy on the Churchill part but I have to disagree on Regan part, G W. Bush gave Ron a run for his money and in my not so humble opinion beat or tied him. The people were mislead by the Ted Kennedy ilk and the leftwing liberal media, so G W got a bad rap. We need to look at where they are taking us and get out and vote. We need to go in the opposite direction to where Europe is, and stop borrowing money from China.

. . . am reminded of the Winston Churchill quote: "The best argument against democracy is to spend five minutes with the average voter." This "wisdom" could/should be applied to those polled: Ronald Reagan had no peer.