A Historian Discusses the FDR/Obama Comparison

Jon Whiten
Boulder Weekly | November 10, 2008
After the global economy crashed, pundits began to compare Obama with Roosevelt, the man who saw his nation through both the Great Depression and World War II. But how apt is that comparison? Historian William E. Leuchtenburg explains.

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