Obama Vs. FDR: The First Hundred Days
April 30, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
Mr Obama’s top adviser David Axelrod has publicly dismissed the 100th day milestone as a “Hallmark holiday” – meaning an invented event of no real significance.
But behind the scenes presidential aides have discreetly encouraged comparisons between Mr Obama and his illustrious Democratic predecessor, Franklin D.Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, who took over on 12 March, 1933, soon made history with a blizzard of bold actions taken during what became knows as his “first 100 days” in office – in fact the first 103 of his administration.
Ever since, pundits have used it as a litmus test to grade presidents. It’s a crude measure because the president’s only power is his prestige and the bully pulpit of the White House, and some of America’s greatest presidents got off to a dismal start.
Roosevelt (or FDR as he was he was known) took over in the midst…Read the rest of this entry
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