Lessons in Leadership: Why Obama Needs to Brush Up on His FDR

The president, though a dedicated student of history, has failed to learn the lesson of our nation?s most significant political confrontations: they?ve required single-minded determination and the willingness to battle entrenched opponents until the fight was won. Look at the way FDR handled the fight over Social Security. Despite stiff opposition from within his own party, he vowed to veto any legislation that undermined Social Security?s core principles. ... Full Story »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Aug. 25, 2009

Speaking of the entrenched interests arrayed against him, FDR said: “Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.” Obama, on the other hand, welcomes these entrenched interests into the Oval Office and invites them to amputate another limb off health care reform and dump it in the garbage on the way out.

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