We needed a Roosevelt, but we got an Obama

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49. FDR's problems were different from Obama's.

FDR took office at a time after 12 years of republican rule so people knew who to blame for their problems. Also the system he inherited was completely ruined while Obama's was still in the falling apart stage so Obama had to hold things together while FDR had the luxury to create a new system and try new things. FDR could experiment because he won a huge landslide Obama really just had a healthy win. FDR didn't have the press climate Obama faces and could talk directly to the public yia the radio and reach 99% of the people including people who opposed him. Obama is lucky to reach 60% of people on tv. FDR's agenda focused solely on jobs from the start while Obama at least tried to get liberals' dream of HCR accomplished. FDR controlled the southern dems because the repubs weren't really a credible threat to them Obama's southern dems were vulnerable to tea party. My point is that they're similar but not the samething. It seems like on the surface that Obama would have an easier time but he really doesn't.