FDR and Obama: Different Men, Different Challenges, Different Times

Commentary
By Walter Falk

Recently, more and more Democrats have bemoaned what they consider Obama’s lack of leadership and his failure to speak out more vigorously and to denounce Wall Street and Republicans for their sins, past and present. These critics also complain that Obama has failed to explain plainly to ordinary people what Democrats have done and would like to do to solve our economic problems. In the back of these critics’ minds is…