Energized by his 1920 landslide victory, Harding felt the 'pulse' of the nation and for the 28 months in office he remained popular both nationally and internationally. Herbert Hoover, while serving in Harding's cabinet, was confident the president would serve two terms and return the world to normalcy. Later, in his own memoirs, he stated that Harding had 'neither the experience nor the intellect that the position needed.' Trani and Wilson describe Harding as 'an ineffective leader who suffered both personal and political scandal.'