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Should President Obama Be More Optimistic?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, President Obama, Hope, Economy, Optimism, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, The Fly, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Mark McKinnon, President Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

If Obama is truly committed to change, being more optimistic may not help him in that effort. Americans voted for Obama because they were acutely aware of the problems the country faces.

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Who's the Socialist Now, Mitt?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Economic Stimulus Package, Time Magazine, Mitt Romney, Socialism, Franklin Roosevelt, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

It speaks a great deal of the Republican Party that in the midst of a historic economic downturn they have chosen one of their major issues to be the right to make virtually unlimited salaries.

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Command and Control?

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Stimulus Bill, Barack Obama, Fireside Chats, FDR Fireside Chats, Fdr, Franklin Roosevelt, Obama Fireside Chats, 100 Days, Politics News
Jamie Malanowski

At a time when the country is virtually pleading with him to exert command and control, he has yielded that role to congressional partisans that the public doesn't quite know and almost certainly doesn't trust.

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Capital Strike?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Rush Limbaugh, John Boehner, Employee Free Choice Act, Economic Crisis, Franklin Roosevelt, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, American Enterprise Institute, Hilda Solis, Bail Outs, National Association of Manufacturers, Ideological Hegemony, Talk Radio, Fox News, Drudge Report, Club for Growth, Chamber of Commerce, Nationalization of Banking Industry, Progressivism, Republican Party, Robert Kennedy, Bailout Bandits, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The day will come when Obama will have no choice but to remind the giant corporations through tough government action that the U.S. is not just another one of their wholly owned subsidiaries.

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Obama's Inaugural Address: Better Than Pundits Allow

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Inauguration Speech, Fdr, Obama Speech, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama Inauguration Speech, Obama's Inauguration, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Obama Inaugural Speech, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

As a master orator, Obama faced expectations for his inaugural speech that were infused with the stratospheric hopes of his audience. Reporters were ...

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Obama on my Lap(top)

Kate Southwood | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Fireside Chats, Franklin Roosevelt, Radio, Internet, Barack Obama, Banking Crisis of 1933, Obama Youtube, Barack Obama YouTube, Media News
Kate Southwood

Obama's use of the Internet indicates not only political savvy and an understanding of the Internet's vast power, it suggests a crucial understanding of how Roosevelt succeeded.

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Obama/FDR: The Video Mashup

Andrew Rich | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama FDR, Fdr, Video, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Politics News
Andrew Rich

2009-01-29-fdr.jpg Check out this video we've put together that brings home Obama and FDR's shared priorities and values.

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Maintaining Presidential Popularity During a Recession

Darrell West | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Internet, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Computers, President Obama, Public Speaking, Franklin Roosevelt, Facebook, Barack Obama, Recession, Presidential Popularity, u.s. Economy Problems, Recession Fears, Youtube, Technology, Myspace, Politics News
Darrell West

Obama is a gifted public speaker whose ability to inspire hope, confidence, and optimism is legendary. He relates well to ordinary folks and understands how to communicate in terms people understand.

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Difficult Dilemmas in Word and Deed: The Costs and Benefits of Bipartisan Rhetoric in Resuscitating an Ailing Economy

Drew Westen | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Pragmatism, Economic Crisis, Obama Pragmatist, Financial Crisis, Obama Bipartisanship, Fdr, Obama Partisanship, Franklin Roosevelt, Bipartisanship, Politics News
Drew Westen

Obama ran as both the candidate of change and the candidate of pragmatism and bipartisan action. So does he tell the story of our economic collapse and what we need to do about it without mentioning that someone actually caused it?

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Barack Obama and Ernie Shore

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Democratic Congress, Mumbai Attacks, Operation Cast Lead, Jim Hightower, Ernie Shore, George W. Bush, Russia, George H. W. Bush, Franklin Roosevelt, Bernie Madoff, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Barack Obama is like a relief pitcher who was brought in to pitch with his team down by about ten runs and is somehow expected to lead them to victory.

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The Great Depression, Pt. II

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Fdr, Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Great Depression, Business News
Hale

In 1934 and 1936, the GOP made many of the same arguments against the New Deal that the right-wing echo chamber is parroting now. The electorate's verdict was overwhelming.

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The First Hundred Days or the Last Hundred Days?

Ira Chernus | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Fdr, Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal, Barack Obama, Obama First 100 Days, Politics News
Ira Chernus

No one should be surprised that Obama said he's reading about Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days in office. But the President-elect may be reading the wrong history.

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The Johnson Legacy and the Obama Challenge: Remarks to the LBJ Centennial Conference

James K. Galbraith | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, New Deal, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Lyndon Johnson, Franklin Roosevelt, Politics News
James K. Galbraith

The economists of the Johnson era, notably my father and Walt Rostow, understood that the fortunes of the U.S. cannot be disentangled from the progress of the developing world. In the years since, we have forgotten.

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: James Wright, Lynn Sweet Chicago Sun-Times, Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur, Mies Van Der Rohe, Boston, Richard J. Daley, Harvard FacultyClub, The Front Page, Sean Connery, Warren G. Harding, Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Nelson Algren, Steve Neal, Theodore Roosevelt, James T. Farrell, Happy Days Are Here Again, Sy Hersh, Richard M. Daley, Willa Cather, Grover Cleveland, Stud Terkel, Al Capone, Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, H.H. Richardson, John Kass, Finley Peter Dunne, Franklin Roosevelt, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Barack Obama, Howard Hawks, Blackstone Hotel, Dwight Eisenhower, David Thomson, Rahm Emanuel, Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune, Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos, Abraham Lincoln, 1968 Demorcatic National Convention, Chicago News
Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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Beyond the Bailout State

Steve Fraser | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Depression, Bailout, Obama Administration, Franklin Roosevelt, Obama Brain Trust, Barack Obama, Brain Trust, Politics News
Steve Fraser

Instead of embracing a sense of adventurousness, a readiness to break with the past so enthusiastically promoted during the campaign, Obama seems overcome with inhibitions and fears.

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Does Obama Really Plan To Govern from the Center-Right?

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Center-Right, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama 2008, John Kennedy, Progressive Change, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Mike Lux, Center-Right Nation, Obama Transition Team, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Should progressives beware? Has Barack Obama suckered them into supporting a President who will really govern from the "center-right?" The short answer is no.

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Detroit's Rebirth as the "Arsenal for America's Future"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Fireside Chats, CEO Tillerson, Nazi Germany, Electric Cars, Exxonmobil, Detroit, Israel, New York Times, Franklin Roosevelt, Green Energy, Denmark, Arsenal of Democracy, Greatest Generation, American Auto Industry, Renaultnissan, Automakers, Auto Industry, Cars, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

What a boon it would be to have a renaissance of our historic "Detroit Arsenal," with our government and the automobile industry working together once again on a program critical to the nation's well-being.

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Can Obama Pull Off a Historic Presidential Double Play?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Fdr, Virginia Woolf, Franklin Roosevelt, 2008 Election, Obama Presidency, Barack Obama, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

''On or about December 1910," Virginia Woolf wrote, "human character changed.'' We can be much more specific: "On November 4, 2008, just after 11 pm Eastern, America changed" (human character remains rather intransigent). Read More Watch Arianna On Rachel Maddow Discussing The State Of The GOP Watch Arianna, Gavin Newsom and Joe Trippi at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco While Paulson Waffles, the White House Dawdles, and Congress Dithers, the Economy Continues to Burn Brainstorm Alert: I'm going to be guest hosting for Rachel Maddow on Monday and I'd love your suggestions about which topics you like to hear discussed - and which guests you'd like to hear from. Please put your suggestions in the comments section and I'll take them to Bill Wolff, her producer, and the rest of the team.

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After the Obama Win.

William Galston | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, Social Conservatives, Mid-Term Elections, Government Approval, Barack Obama Financial Crisis, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, New Deal, Election Day, President Obama, Obama Administration, Franklin Roosevelt, Big Government, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Financial Policy, Democratic Majority, Obama Recession, Pew Research Center, Sarah Palin 2012, Financial Crisis, Lyndon Johnson, Small Government, Republican Party, Bush Approval Rating, Great Depression, President Elect Obama, Politics News
William Galston

On the critical issue of government's role, Democrats do not have a mandate. Rather, they have a chance to make their case.

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A Mandate for Spreading the Wealth

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Progressive Income Tax, Joe the Plumber, John McCain, New Deal, Economy, Spread the Wealth Around, Exxon Mobil, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Income Inequality, Business News
Norman Solomon

Barack Obama won the presidency after clearly saying that he wants to spread the wealth. Let's make him do it.

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The Fear Variations

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Evan Eisenberg

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified ter...

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Hope, For a Change

Paula Gordon | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Adversity, Barak Obama, Franklin Roosevelt, Ship of State, Barack Obama, Constructive, Fdr, Politics News
Paula Gordon

Character, not just the Great Depression, has me thinking about Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama in tandem as I wait (anxiously) for the American p...

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Thirty-Seven Minutes

Paula Gordon | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fear-Mongers, Barak Obama, Change, Hope, Franklin Roosevelt, Race, Kleptocrats, Fear Itself, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paula Gordon

I revisited Barack Obama's speech on the subject of race in the United States last night. Yes, I was sorely in need of an effective antidote to Repub...

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What Would the Roosevelts Do?

Lloyd Alter | Posted 11.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Economy, Recession, Environment, Environmentalism, Green News
Lloyd Alter

Perhaps Teddy would see this as an opportunity to plant more trees, protect more natural landmarks, clean our air and water and fight climate change. He would certainly approve of Franklin's Conservation Corps.

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Debate No. 3: John McCain Should Have Watched His Words

Linda Kulman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe the Plumber, John McCain, The Age of Unreason, Mccain My Friends, Proud, Susan Jacoby, Election '08, Third Presidential Debate, Republican Ticket, Franklin Roosevelt, Pride, Barack Obama, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Linda Kulman

In assuming ownership of Palin's accomplishments, no matter how thin, he characterized her as an old-fashioned help meet -- you know, the little woman who stands behind every great man.

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