Obama comparisons to FDR

I'm currently reading a book on FDR's first 100 days as president. This subject is all the rage due to our current economic pickle and Obama's bent toward having a plan and taking quick action. The comparisons of Obama and Bush to FDR and Hoover are jarringly similar. It reminds me of what Al Gore once said about George Bush: "He is a smart guy. He's just not a curious guy."

I get so much information from my Twitter feed. I know a lot of people don't get Twitter and I didn't at first, either. It takes awhile and a little patience and encouragement. It allows you to follow what interesting people are saying and doing as a kind of pulse on the world. I don't Tweet (the word for writing one of Twitter's 140-word or less posts) all that often, but I enjoy what others are Tweeting.

This morning I came across this Tweet link, to a guest column by a NYU economics professor doing the FDR-Obama comparison. It's flattering to Obama, of course, but also serves as a good primer on FDR's first 100 days. I highly recommend reading a book on the topic. There are many out there, but I happen to be reading Nothing to Fear, by Adam Cohen. The above link is to Amazon, but I picked it up at Costco.