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 Top US Political Dynasties 

Kennedys, Rockefellers, and Harrisons sit at the top, while newer Bushes rank 6th

Sep 13, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Constitution states "no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States," but political dynasties are "as American as apple pie," writes Stephen Hess, who ranks America's top political families in the Washington Post. With one president, three senators, four reps, and a cabinet... More »

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George HW Bush • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Kennedy family • political dynasty • Rockefeller family • John Adams • Edward Kennedy

OPINION

 Learn From FDR, 
 Obama, and Show 
 Some Backbone 

Roosevelt biographer says president needs to block out GOP

Sep 3, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - As President Obama prepares to pull away from a public health care option, it shows not just that he's giving in to his opponents, writes Jean Edward Smith; worse, it "suggests that the Democratic Party has forgotten how to govern." In an op-ed for the New York Times,... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic Congress • New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • health care reform • Congressional Republicans

OPINION

 Obama, Be Like 
 FDR and Talk to Us  


Aug 14, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama should man up and talk straight to the American people about health care reform—just like FDR did when trying to pass Social Security, Nancy J. Altman writes in the Los Angeles Times. Roosevelt succeeded with that program against similar odds—opponents cried “socialism” and said... More »

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FDR • Franklin D. Roosevelt • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • fireside chat

OPINION

On Financial Reforms, Obama Is No FDR

Proposed regulatory fixes don't actually fix much: Nocera

Jun 18, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is hardly living up to the hype on fiscal regulatory reform, and he's not matching Franklin Roosevelt, either. When FDR reformed financial regulation, he transformed the industry, cheerfully making enemies in the process. Obama has been timid by comparison, writes Joe Nocera of the New York Times:... More »

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Barack Obama • Wall Street • reform • regulation • Franklin D. Roosevelt • financial sector • bank regulation • Obama administration • banking industry

OPINION

Bush's Failures Show the Need for Pragmatic Prez

Like Hoover, Dubya stuck to his principles rather than compromise

Jan 14, 09 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - What exactly made George W. Bush such a terrible president? His unwavering commitment to his principles, Alan Brinkley argues in the New Republic. Most Americans favor idealists over realists, in theory, so the criticism might seem strange. But the presidents we remember for their lofty goals and convictions—such as... More »

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depression • pragmatism • Abraham Lincoln • Franklin D. Roosevelt • free markets • George W. Bush • Herbert Hoover • idealism

analysis

FDR 'Prolonged' the Depression? Come On


Jan 2, 09 11:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox News left one pundit scrambling for his history books last week after he dared to defend the New Deal. Supporting Congressional talk of a stimulus plan, David Sirota sat "mouth agape, deer in the headlights" as a commentator accused FDR's plan of prolonging the Great Depression. Sirota disagreed,... More »

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FDR • New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • economic stimulus package

OPINION

Obama Must Be a Goo-Goo:
Krugman

That's a good-government wonk, much like FDR

Dec 26, 08 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton once declared that “the era of big government is over.” Barack Obama can’t do that, writes Paul Krugman of the New York Times. “Indeed, he has to be a goo-goo.” Goo-goo being a century-old term for “good government” proponents. FDR,... More »

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Barack Obama • New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • economic stimulus package • President Obama

OPINION

 Forget the Deficit: 
 Spend, Spend, Spend! 

We need massive fiscal expansion, not budget restraint: Krugman

Dec 1, 08 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - As the incoming administration prepares a massive fiscal stimulus to jolt America's floundering economy back to life, some are worrying about what billions in spending will do to the budget deficit. On the contrary, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times: Deficit spending now will help, not harm, the... More »

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recession • deficit • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Paul Krugman • budget deficit • Japanese economy • financial crisis • fiscal expansion

OPINION

You'll Need FDR's Optimism to Save Us, Obama

Obama needs to emulate Roosevelt's optimism in the face of deep crisis 

Nov 18, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama keeps saying he wants to emulate Abraham Lincoln but he’s lucky that he more closely resembles Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Cohen writes in the Washington Post. Lincoln faced the massive challenge of reuniting the Union but knew just how to do it, while FDR, like Obama, confronted... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • Abraham Lincoln • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Great Depression • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama

OPINION

 New Deal a  
 Good Example,
 But Not Perfect 

Obama must have 'audacity' FDR lacked

Nov 10, 08 10:01 AM CST
(Newser) - With the economy on the rocks, the New Deal is a hot topic. But FDR’s master plan almost failed, Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times, because "his economic policies were too cautious." In the end, "what saved the economy, and the New Deal, was... More »

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New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • economic stimulus package • economy • financial crisis • President Obama

OPINION

 Can Obama Be the New FDR? 

Nation needs Roosevelt's action, inspiration

Nov 8, 08 1:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s call yesterday to “act swiftly” to address the economic crisis clearly echoed Franklin Roosevelt’s inaugural address during the Depression: “action, and action now.” But while Obama's “crisp competence” was welcome, he wasn't particularly inspirational, and, Joe Nocera writes in the New York ... More »

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Barack Obama • FDR • Franklin D. Roosevelt • inspiration • economy • financial crisis • President Obama

OPINION

The Civil War Ended Last Night; Time for Reconstruction

Already a historic prez, Obama can be great

Nov 5, 08 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The American Civil War finally ended last night, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. The struggle that began at Bull Run was brought to a close when white America elected a black American president—the ‘Bradley effect” trumped by the “Buffett effect” of rich... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • Obama 2008 • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Civil War • racial equality • Election 2008 • President Obama

OPINION

 Ranking the 
 Dads-in-Chief 

Carter among the best, FDR one of the worst

Nov 4, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Enough with debates on Sarah Palin being a mommy and a vice president. A look at the best and worst fathers-in-chief, as compiled by Madeline Holler for Babble, starting with the worst:
  • Thomas Jefferson only acknowledged (the white) half of the "kajillion kids" he had.
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parenting • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • children • president • George HW Bush • father • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Harry Truman • Election 2008 • Thomas Jefferson

GLOSSIES

Obama's First 100: Channel FDR, Avoid Clinton Foibles

Democrats hoping for 'new New Deal,' but financial crisis will be drag on any efforts

Oct 27, 08 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Up big in the polls with Election Day fast approaching, “a lot of people around Barack are reading books about FDR’s first 100 days,” one Obama insider tells New York. Aides have gone beyond simply planning his White House transition; they’ve drafted a book-length administration blueprint,... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Rahm Emanuel • Obama 2008 • New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • transition • Election 2008 • 100 days

OPINION

Running for Prez? How's Your Health?

Unlike JFK, Mac and Obama must reveal medical woes

Oct 19, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - John F. Kennedy, the standard-bearer of youthful Camelot and the picture of presidential health, suffered from a litany of ailments including osteoporosis, back pain, and Addison’s disease, Robert Dallek writes in the New York Times. But the president’s loyalists buried the secrets for 40 years, prompting Dallek to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • health • John F. Kennedy • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Election 2008 • medical records • health records

OPINION

 How Would 
 Cool Hand 
 Obama 
 Govern?

Brooks asks: How would someone so calm actually govern?

Oct 17, 08 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama, like LBJ and Bill Clinton, may rise from an outsider's position to the highest echelon of American politics. But while those presidents sought power for respect or public adoration, writes David Brooks, Obama exudes an "untroubled self-confidence" in the mold of FDR and Ronald Reagan. Watching Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • Lyndon Johnson • Bill Clinton • Ronald Reagan • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Election 2008 • former presidents

OPINION

In Race About Crisis, Obama, McCain Mirror Hoover, FDR

We know their styles, but economy is changing too fast for policy specifics

Oct 10, 08 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - We should quit trying to pin the candidates down on policy specifics, writes EJ Dionne in the Washington Post. They’ve given us a “clear sense of who they are and how they would lead,” and that’s all we can ask. The economic crisis is moving so... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • depression • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Election 2008 • Herbert Hoover

Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

Chef one of several famous Americans revealed as spies

Aug 14, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files... More »

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CIA • World War II • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • National Archives • Harry Truman • Julia Child • Moe Berg • Sterling Hayden • John Hemingway • Kermit Roosevelt • Quentin Roosevelt • OSS • Office of Strategic Services • William Casey

ANALYSIS

Like Lincoln and JFK, Obama Is on a New Channel

But 'fickle' Internet could 'stall his agenda as president'

May 17, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lincoln, FDR, JFK... Obama? So runs the line of US leaders who have ruled by harnessing new communication technologies. Obama's mastery of the Web echoes Lincoln's use of newspapers, FDR's use of radio and JFK's use of television. Obama vows to put the Oval Office online if he wins, but... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • presidency • democracy • John F. Kennedy • communication • Obama 2008 • Abraham Lincoln • Franklin D. Roosevelt • online activism

OBIT

Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90 

Crusading Democrat took on big business in long Senate career

Mar 13, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Ohio senator Howard Metzenbaum has died at home at the age of 90, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Democrat, his views shaped by the Great Depression and FDR's policies, fought hard for the rights of workers during a political career that began in 1943. Colleagues nicknamed the self-made... More »

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Cleveland • Senate • obituary • Democrat • filibuster • Franklin D. Roosevelt • pork barrel spending • senator • Howard Metzenbaum

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