Harding was personally incompetent and hugely corrupt, but during his administration the fedgov was so much weaker that the potential for damage to the country as a whole was much worse.
Oops, I of course meant “potential for damage to the country as a whole was much less.” Hey Jim, how much would I have to donate to get an edit capability here??
Coolidge was able to very publically repair the damage done by the Harding administration malfeasance, so successfully that a Republican was again elected in 1928 (Hoover). If Coolidge had run for a second term, the Depression would have followed a markedly different path and Roosevelt would have never been elected President.
Johnson, on the other hand, came in after Kennedy and made things MUCH WORSE!
Are you serious? The corruption stuff is basically revisionist history by liberals. I regard Harding as one of the best, massively reducing the scope of government. Personally he was abominable, being a philanderer who paid for an abortion, but as President he was great.