The New Deal came to a Screeching Halt in 1938 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt lost more House Seats in the 1938 Midterms than Obama in the 2010 "Shellacking". After those fateful elections FDR was severely limited in his Economic Policies, he lost freedom of action and was forced to be very humble in Economic Matters.
After Germany began the Second World War on September 1 of 1939 and the Pearl Harbor Attack on December 7 of 1941, Roosevelt regained more latitude and power.
After Germany began the Second World War on September 1 of 1939 and the Pearl Harbor Attack on December 7 of 1941, Roosevelt regained more latitude and power.
POLITICO.COM
Obama's policy issues more modest
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN
July 6, 2011
Obama's policy issues more modest
Some excerpts :
The slimmed-down agenda is the consequence of a resistant Congress and no money to spend, but it also aims to address a political problem for the president headed into a tough reelection fight. Just like Clinton, Obama is attempting to show voters that, at a time of Washington gridlock, he can still work to solve people’s problems, no matter how small they may be.
The shades of Clinton-style politics are notable for a president who fashioned himself during the 2008 campaign as a transformational figure in the mold of Ronald Reagan — not Clinton, who used small-bore, consultant-driven proposals such as school uniforms, a TV ratings system and teen curfews to make an end run around Congress and appeal to middle-class voters.
Obama invoked “school uniforms” while resisting pressure from top aides to scale back his health care overhaul, saying he wanted to “get big things done,” according to Jonathan Alter’s 2010 book “The Promise.”
“It is a matter of some interest and historical irony that a president who began with the aspirations to be Reagan has been forced by events to adopt a stance that is, on this continuum from Reagan to Clinton, a lot closer to the Clinton end,” William Galston, a policy adviser in the Clinton White House and now a Brookings scholar, said in an interview. “The president, in many ways, is a realist. He is simply adjusting his sights to events.”
Obama’s embrace of the softer powers of the presidency — most conspicuously, the bullying summit in March — has been “a source of some amusement” to former Clinton aides who cringed at the mocking of their boss’s legacy, one Clinton veteran said.
Obama did the opposite of shoot small in the first two years of his term, realigning the American auto industry and passing a major economic stimulus package, health care overhaul and Wall Street reform bill. And now, he is attempting to negotiate a $4 trillion deficit-reduction package, which would be another massive feat.
Beyond that, the White House isn’t going big anymore. Immigration, education, climate change and clean energy bills remain on the wish list, but Obama has devoted equal time to promoting piecemeal economic ideas that don’t require congressional approval.
Aides say the more modest approach is part of a natural evolution for any presidency. Even Reagan recalibrated after suffering losses in the 1982 midterm.
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The shades of Clinton-style politics are notable for a president who fashioned himself during the 2008 campaign as a transformational figure in the mold of Ronald Reagan — not Clinton, who used small-bore, consultant-driven proposals such as school uniforms, a TV ratings system and teen curfews to make an end run around Congress and appeal to middle-class voters.
Obama invoked “school uniforms” while resisting pressure from top aides to scale back his health care overhaul, saying he wanted to “get big things done,” according to Jonathan Alter’s 2010 book “The Promise.”
“It is a matter of some interest and historical irony that a president who began with the aspirations to be Reagan has been forced by events to adopt a stance that is, on this continuum from Reagan to Clinton, a lot closer to the Clinton end,” William Galston, a policy adviser in the Clinton White House and now a Brookings scholar, said in an interview. “The president, in many ways, is a realist. He is simply adjusting his sights to events.”
Obama’s embrace of the softer powers of the presidency — most conspicuously, the bullying summit in March — has been “a source of some amusement” to former Clinton aides who cringed at the mocking of their boss’s legacy, one Clinton veteran said.
Obama did the opposite of shoot small in the first two years of his term, realigning the American auto industry and passing a major economic stimulus package, health care overhaul and Wall Street reform bill. And now, he is attempting to negotiate a $4 trillion deficit-reduction package, which would be another massive feat.
Beyond that, the White House isn’t going big anymore. Immigration, education, climate change and clean energy bills remain on the wish list, but Obama has devoted equal time to promoting piecemeal economic ideas that don’t require congressional approval.
Aides say the more modest approach is part of a natural evolution for any presidency. Even Reagan recalibrated after suffering losses in the 1982 midterm.
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