Calls for fairer America, invokes TR's 'New Nationalism'
(NEWSER) - President Obama's latest role model appears to be Teddy Roosevelt, observes both CNN and Politico . Speaking today in the same city in Kansas where Roosevelt called for a "New Nationalism," Obama encouraged Americans to unite despite differences. "I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, and when everyone plays by the same rules," the president said. "Those aren’t Democratic or Republican values, 1% values or 99% values. They’re American values, and we have to reclaim them." More»
