History is not defined by current reflection of academicians but by the passage of time. I have said it before, George W Bush will be treated very kindly by history much like Harry Truman.
I'm inclined to agree. But it took many years for Calvin Coolidge and Hebert...uh, Hoobert Heever...uh, that guy...to be "rehabilitated" in the eyes of popular history. Taft may be along. Nothing that happened in his administration was any sleazier than what has happened in the current one and his offending Secretary went to prison.