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	<title><![CDATA[The First Hundred Days or the Last Hundred Days?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ira-chernus/the-first-hundred-days-or_b_149958.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>Cross-posted from <a href=" http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175012">TomDispatch</a>.</em></p>

<p>Looking back on Barack Obama's first post-election interview with <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/16/60minutes/main4607893_page5.shtml"><em>60 Minutes</em>,</a> no one should be surprised that he admitted he's reading about Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days in office. In fact, the president-elect -- evidently taking no chances -- is reportedly reading <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/books/18book.html">two books</a>: Jonathan Alter's <i>The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope </i> and Jean Edward Smith's <i>FDR</i>. As he told <em>60 Minutes</em>, his administration will emulate FDR's...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-10T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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