Read more Franklin D. Roosevelt stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10975/franklin-d-roosevelt.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:08:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69269/top-us-political-dynasties.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 member, the Kennedys took...http://www.newser.com/story/69269/top-us-political-dynasties.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Sep 2009 10:32:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68511/learn-from-fdr-obama-and-show-some-backbone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs 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 , the FDR...http://www.newser.com/story/68511/learn-from-fdr-obama-and-show-some-backbone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 7:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66914/obama-be-like-fdr-and-talk-to-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 it would...http://www.newser.com/story/66914/obama-be-like-fdr-and-talk-to-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 13:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62210/on-financial-reforms-obama-is-no-fdr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 : “The...http://www.newser.com/story/62210/on-financial-reforms-obama-is-no-fdr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 12:02:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47920/bushs-failures-show-the-need-for-pragmatic-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat 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...http://www.newser.com/story/47920/bushs-failures-show-the-need-for-pragmatic-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 16:06:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46894/fdr-prolonged-the-depression-come-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFox 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, and...http://www.newser.com/story/46894/fdr-prolonged-the-depression-come-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Jan 2009 23:29:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46313/obama-must-be-a-goo-goo-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill 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, for example, was a classic goo-goo. He expanded...http://www.newser.com/story/46313/obama-must-be-a-goo-goo-krugman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Dec 2008 9:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44056/forget-the-deficit-spend-spend-spend.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs 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...http://www.newser.com/story/44056/forget-the-deficit-spend-spend-spend.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Dec 2008 9:07:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42972/youll-need-fdrs-optimism-to-save-us-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack 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 an...http://www.newser.com/story/42972/youll-need-fdrs-optimism-to-save-us-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Nov 2008 8:16:15 CST