Jimmy’s Reviews > Martin Van Buren And The American Political System > Status Update

Plodding through. Van Buren is the first of a line of presidents of the early/mid 19th century to be really nondescript and uninspiring. He himself was a very cautious, pragmatic, and ideologically fluid politician whose success was due largely to his ability to always walk the line and shift his views and allegiances as the political winds blew and shifted.