RNC Attacks Bo the Obama Dog? Time to Take a Page from FDR
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Robert Schlesinger
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Robert Schlesinger - May 15, 2009
The president should look once again to FDR.
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Obama's 100 Days: He Looks Like a Transformational Figure Like Roosevelt, Reagan
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Stuart E. Eizenstat
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Opinion - May 1, 2009
He could be a transformational president, veteran Democrat Stuart Eizenstat writes.
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Obama's 100 Days: The Roosevelt Comparison Is Fair
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Michael Waldman
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Opinion - April 29, 2009
Former Clinton aide Michael Waldman sees favorable comparisons between the two presidents.
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Obama, Rush Limbaugh Stir the Snake Oil of Hoover and Roosevelt-era Radio
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Anthony Rudel
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Opinion - March 26, 2009
The history of political radio shows broadcasters like Rush grab ratings, not votes.
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Obama Should Make Roosevelt-Style Fireside Chats on the Banking Crisis
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Mary Kate Cary
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Mary Kate Cary - March 12, 2009
Obama can learn a lot from FDR's first Fireside Chat, 76 ago today.
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Obama, Like FDR, Is Saving Capitalism from Itself—Ignore the New Hoovers
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John Aloysius Farrell
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John A. Farrell - March 9, 2009
Obama, like Franklin Roosevelt, is in the process of saving capitalism from its excesses.
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FDR New Deal Legacy Intact, but Internment of Japanese-Americans Lives in Infamy Too
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Frank H. Wu
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Opinion - February 19, 2009
Internment of Japanese-Americans showed New Deal's architect to be all too human.
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Lincoln, FDR, Obama: Presidents' Day Look at Leaders Who Were Men of the People
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Stanley Greenberg
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Opinion - February 15, 2009
From Lincoln and FDR to Obama is a tradition of connection with We the People, writes Stanley Greenberg
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Quiz: 1930s Stimulus--FDR's New Deal
Nation & World - February 13, 2009
How much do you know about FDR's New Deal?
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The First 100 Days: Franklin Roosevelt Pioneered the 100-Day Concept
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Kenneth T. Walsh
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Nation & World - February 12, 2009
During FDR's first months in office, he pushed 15 major bills through Congress.
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Lessons Barack Obama Can Learn From FDR and the Hundred Days
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Robert Schlesinger
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Opinion - January 29, 2009
Barack Obama can learn a few things from FDR and his staff, author Adam Cohen tells U.S. News.
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Obama Inaugural Address Echoes Bush, Clinton, Carter, JFK, FDR, Lincoln
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Robert Schlesinger
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Robert Schlesinger - January 22, 2009
Ask not...where you heard that before.
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JFK, FDR, and the Secret History of How a Great Inaugural Address Is Written
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Robert Schlesinger
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Opinion - January 15, 2009
Presidents can get their due credit even when we know about their collaborators.
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Barack Obama and the Lessons of Franklin Roosevelt
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Robert Schlesinger
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Robert Schlesinger - January 12, 2009
Don't talk too much.
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For Stimulus, Is Obama Mulling Creating a New Conservation Corps?
By
Kent Garber
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Nation & World - January 2, 2009
Several groups are pushing Obama to create new jobs by rebuilding America's national parks.
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How History Shapes Barack Obama's Inauguration
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Kenneth T. Walsh
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Nation & World - December 22, 2008
As he assumes the presidency, Obama will draw inspiration from Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy.
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FDR, Pearl Harbor, and the Date of Infamy
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Robert Schlesinger
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Opinion - December 11, 2008
The famous phrase almost wasn't, writes Robert Schlesinger.
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Higher Taxes on High Earners and Increased Unionization Didn't Work for FDR
By
Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - November 24, 2008
Which of Roosevelt's policies worked and which did not.
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Wall Street, the Great Depression, Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Unintended Consequences of Presidential Action
By
Amity Shlaes
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Opinion - October 2, 2008
Hoover and FDR acted, writes Amity Shlaes, but not always for the better.
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The Most Consequential Elections in History: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Election of 1932
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Kenneth T. Walsh
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Nation & World - September 10, 2008
FDR led America to victory in World War II.
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Just Call Her Sarah "Delano" Palin
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - September 4, 2008
What a pro: Even with a teleprompter malfunction, Sarah Palin didn't lose a beat.
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A Black Mark on FDR's Presidency
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Justin Ewers
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Nation & World - May 8, 2008
Roosevelt was pressured by advisors, and fear and prejudice ruled the day.
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FDR's Secret Love
Nation & World - April 18, 2008
How Roosevelt's lifelong affair might have changed the course of a century.
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The Return of Big Government
By
James Pethokoukis
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Money - April 11, 2008
A bulked-up uncle Sam is coming back to deal with housing, healthcare, Social Security, and more.
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Did the New Deal Work?
By
Matthew Bandyk
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Money - April 11, 2008
As talk of a "new New Deal" grows, the debate about the original lives on.
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