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Bernie is no FDR

muppets sanders hillaryBernie’s supporters are calling him a new FDR.

That is a terrible analogy.  Roosevelt came to office with a nation in deep depression and  soon at war. The country did more than elect Roosevelt as President, he was elected as the head of a dominant political party with a coalitions of office holder across the US as well as unions and ethnic groups.

Because of that coalition , because of emergencies created by the depression and by Hitler, FDR had powers a Bernie Sanders will not have.

In that sense, the ability to head a party, Hillary is a lot more like FDR.  The challenge for Sanders supporters is whether he has Hillary-like skills to run the Democratic Party?


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