TV's Best Politicians

3. President Laura Roslin ("Battlestar Galactica")

Some are born to be President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol and others have the presidency thrust upon them. That's the situation Secretary of Education Laura Roslin found herself in when the Cylon attack wiped out the rest of the colonial government, leaving her in charge of the surviving ragtag fleet crossing the galaxy in search of the mystical 13th colony on Earth. Although she may not have

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3. President Laura Roslin ("Battlestar Galactica")

Some are born to be President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol and others have the presidency thrust upon them. That's the situation Secretary of Education Laura Roslin found herself in when the Cylon attack wiped out the rest of the colonial government, leaving her in charge of the surviving ragtag fleet crossing the galaxy in search of the mystical 13th colony on Earth. Although she may not have asked for this Herculean task, Roslin came to embrace it and even run a strong re-election campaign against a formidable opponent, Dr. Gaius Baltar. And, in the end, she was actually able to deliver on her central promise to the electorate: that she would find them a home. How many presidents can say that?

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