You know what to do! ;-)

I'm an Obama supporter, but I appricate the pro-Candidate diary.  Thanks!

FDR did not lie.

Thank you for a positve diary, rec'd.

Thank you for your positive diary, adleft.

My disclaimer; I support neither Clinton or Obama but will vote for the winner in the general election.  

That said, this is the kind of positive diary that helps a candidate and all Democrats.  

Thank you.  Excellent diary.

awesome diary as always

is that the editorialist made a basic and a very common mistake.

Both president, FDR and JFK, were calculating, cunning, ruthless politicians with SUPER egos and insatiable appetite for power and tremendous ambition.

JFK was no rookie with a tender heart, and FDR would have stabbed him mother in the heart with a dull kitchen knife if it meant giving him a leg up to be a president. And quick frankly, both of these men were excellent presidents.

going for it by far, has mentioned on several occasions that Hillary could be the next FDR.  He has stated that FDR did not run an election campaign based on the New Deal, that no one that voted for him did so based on the New Deal, and that he did not begin discussing or working on the New Deal until after he was elected.

I don't agree with the premise of the diary at all, but I do commend you for keeping it positive, a real rarity on this site. May the best candidate win, and may we ALL back whoever the nominee is.

Thanks for bringing this diary back into the conversation. Got any more?

I think what's going to happen is that she going to use the politcal capital she receives from bringing the troops home, to pass universal healthcare. I think we're going to see an incredibly aggressive foreign policy push that is designed to carve out space for her to work here at home.

But yes, I think she has the makings of someone who could be one of the finest presidents the 21st century will see.

you may be on to something!

This is an excellent diary.  Hillary is so well qualified and that is exactly how she has position papers on every aspect of governmental problems and plans for how they should be addressed.  Thank you for the diary.

I think that many progressives have turned their backs on the more progressive candidate.

Universal healthcare used to be a cornerstone of the progressive community.  But that was before Barack Obama convinced well meaning folks that universal heatlhcare would be bad.  Let's just offer some tax credits instead (FYI - that's McCain's plan too).

Defense of the sacred and irretuable right of one person, one vote, also was once a mantra of the progressive community.  Caucus, district and delegate math were all concepts frequently rejected, in favor of direct democracy.  But that was before Barack Obama convinced folks that gaming the system isn't all that bad, so long as your short term ambitions are served.  That was before he convinced good people that letting fellow Americans be heard would be a bad thing.

The progressive community used to think that racial bigotry was bad.  That we are all equal was another bedrock principle.  But that was before Barack Obama hoodwinked them into believing that racial hatred is ok, just so long as it comes in the context of being a victim.  That was before a Messiah came unto them, promising in no veiled terms that their original sin could be atoned, if only they cast their vote based on skin color this time around.

It's no coincidence that Barack Obama has frequently and publicly admired Ronal Reagan's ability to trick people into voting against their own self interest.  If progressives could just manage for a moment to stop and get real, they would likely be as embarassed as I was when I first had my eyes opened to the true nature of this man.

is one I want Hillary rather than Barack dealing with. I've written several diaries touching on this, that his economic policy 'tool kit' is barren compare to Hillary's. Unfortunately, Keynesian economics was killed off in most economics departments between the late 1960s when presumably Hill learned her stuff, and the early 1980s when Barack learned his.

Clinton the next FDR???

BwaHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Ya right.

Drip Drip Drip
The Clinton Titanic is taking on water!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixg4F-qnQ vQ

Actually, she's the next John Edwards.

But, this was a good diary.  Very well written and seeing diaries like this produced here makes me regain the influence of the better angels of my nature that temporarily  vanished due to the "Wallace diary"

Highly Recced and Tipped.

    that's the only word for the comparison with FDR. Laughable! She's done NOTHING to be compared to FDR! It's just ridiculous. For what it's worth, I wouldn't compare anyone in the Democratic Party today to FDR. He's in a class by himself.

Upon reading this headline, I laughed so hard that I nearly sharded...ok..I did shard...give me a break people!

Well, she'd have to get through the primary and get elected first, and that ain't happening, so you may want to find an also-ran that just happened to be running against a better candidate only to lose to compare her to.

I'll play along, however, and argue that she'd be more like an LBJ, another pol who had a few good ideas but fell victim to his own hubris.

Thanks for presenting a very positive diary. I much prefer the positive diaries to the hit pieces that have appeared both here and on the "big orange satan."

Personally, I see HRC as a very effective legislator. I think that her future is in the Senate, rather than in the executive branch.

OMG This is really fantastic!!! Tghis sums up why HRC is my gal!  AMEN! Thank you for posting the real positive side of my mom!

This is just on Countdown, and straight from  Harold Ickes. The Wright issue is the only thing Hillary has and they are running on it. And they are saying whites only vote for Obama because of "white guilt."  They have been working the super delegates saying that Obama can't win beause he's Black, and they need to overturn the popular vote so that the nomination goes to anyone as as they are white.

YES!!!

FDR's sole experience of governance in 1932 was one term as governor of NY and a stint as undersecretary of the Navy during WW1.  He was elected solely because he was not Herbert Hoover (and not on any platform to expand government).  The life paths of FDR and Hillary Clinton have almost nothing in common.  The analogy, to sum up, is just another way of saying "Hillary...I like" (which, erm, isn't bad, if that's your preference).  

Do you know whose career does resemble FDR's in more than a cursory way, btw?  Sen. Webb of Virginia (esp. if he gets the VP nod this year, loses, and goes on to win the presidency in 4-8 years).

So who does Clinton resemble?  Going to make some enemies with this, but I think there is a much more obvious candidate: Walter Mondale.  And not just because she was believed to be the Dems' standard bearer but has faced the challenge of her life from an upstart up and comer.  

Mondale was beloved of many Dems, but he wasn't that innovative (and neither, frankly, is Clinton, every dynamic innovation made during this campaign has come from somewhere else, with HRC playing catch-up).  Here's another way to think of this primary season: Obama is Hart with the black vote (he's drawing from all of the same constituencies but then adds the 20% of Democratic voters who are African-American).

Check out this video: http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=0BrPZYbCdJ4

Kudos for the positive diary.  I disagree with needing someone to navigate a resistant washington.  I think we need someone, not to push back, but to change the dynamic entirely.  But I liked your diary.

I agree - great diary - we need more like this.

I had thought that Edwards was the one who could be our next FDR.  Since that isn't in the cards, I think you make a pretty compelling argument that Hillary could be that person.  She is definitely focused on the domestic issues that count.

Did you see the HBO special "Warm Springs"?  It depicted FDR during the years when he discovered he had polio and began his recovery.  It's an interesting character study of his journey back from despair, bonding with a community of people who were also recovering and helped him back from the abyss and taught him a lot about the plight of the "other America" that he wasn't familiar with.

Personal hardship is something that gives a person the compassion they need to relate to the most needy people among us.  Hillary has certainly been through a lot.  I think she does have true compassion, and that will be a critical character trait in our next president.

I would love to see Clinton and Edwards team up and run as our P/VP nominees.

Thank you.

This got my spirits up.

I've been down all day....worried about this race...

This definately perked me up...

I thank you for writing such a psoitive and encouraging diary.
I went and saw Sen. Clinton at the rally in Erie today. Americans of every demographic group were there, old, young, in between. Black, Asian, white and Hispanic. Men and women, boys and girls.
Seeing her in person and listening to her, watching her as she spoke to us, watching the crowd listening to her affirmed my belief in Hillary.
She spoke passionately about many topics that affect so many Americans- health care, energy independence, the strategic energy fund she wants to create and the investment in green jobs (those brought sustained cheering and applause) getting rid of the failed No Child Left Behind Act and a responsible plan for bringing home our troops.
She spoke with ease and intelligence on giving America back to US, to US, the people.

Thanks again for writing such a positive diary!
Read and rec'd

Great diary.

Thank you!  She does have this potential.  Great resource and I hope you don't mind if I quote parts of this.

hated the title, loved the diary.  

What you say is true, HRC has many fine qualities. But the presidency in 2009 is not now available to her. What should she do? She can run in a way that helps the eventual nominee, or in a way that hinders him. Atdleft, what should she do?

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/200 8/04/02/depression/print.html

The Great Depression: The sequel

Is it coming to a soup kitchen near you? Here's how we'll know if the current recession is turning into something much worse.
By Andrew Leonard

Apr. 02, 2008 | A record number of Americans receiving food stamps. Gas prices at an all-time high, and staples such as milk, eggs and bread costing a prettier penny every week. The average number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits reached its highest level in two years last week, while just this week, construction spending fell for the fifth straight month and manufacturing activity shrank to its lowest level in five years. Real estate values are even plummeting in the Hamptons, and hedge funds started off 2008 with their worst quarter ever.

Most economists are no longer debating whether there will be a recession in 2008. Now, they're arguing over when the recession started -- was it last November, or December? -- and how bad it's likely to get. While they bicker, however, a far more terrifying economic specter from the distant past has sent a chill through the infosphere.

"We have not seen a nationwide decline in housing like this since the Great Depression," said the CEO of Wells Fargo late last year. "It is now clear that the U.S. and global financial markets are experiencing their worst financial crisis since the Great Depression," wrote economist Nouriel Roubini last week.

The Great Depression?

For the majority of Americans alive today, the Great Depression has an almost mythic luster. We may not remember it -- if you were 18 during the crash of 1929, you're 97 now -- but we cannot escape its foundational legacy. At the very least, we know that back then was when times were really bad, because that's the standard by which historians, economists and journalists always measure every other potentially bad time. Conservative and liberal economists are still arguing over what caused it and whether Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal fixed the mess or prolonged the pain, but there's no arguing with the historical record: The Great Depression happened, scarring the lives of millions of Americans and fundamentally changing the course of politics in the United States.

So when you hear the phrase "since the Great Depression," you know it's time to tighten your belt, and maybe put off splurging on that next vacation. But what about taking it to the next level? What is required to move past "since" and smack into the much scarier "as bad as" category? As in -- the current economic crisis is as bad as the Great Depression. Or, bluntly put, how will we know when and if our current recession has morphed into a full-fledged depression?

Clinton Beats McCain in Key November States:

April 2, 2008 - Clinton Leads 50 - 41 Among Pennsylvania Democrats; Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Whites Give Clinton Lead

In Key November Matchups: --- PENNSYLVANIA Democrats: Clinton 50 - Obama 41; FLORIDA: Clinton 44 - McCain 42; McCain 46 - Obama 37; OHIO: Clinton 48 - McCain 39; Obama 43 - McCain 42

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a 50 - 41 percent lead over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters and runs better against Arizona Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican nominee in Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x2882.xml?Rele aseID=1164

"Professor" Obama, Racist Media, and Obama Supporters in Rut

Harold Ikes Confirms that Wright is Key Topic in Discussions with Super-Delegates

I'd say probably not. While I appreciate your sentiments, you did not really answer your own question.

Beautiful diary, thanks for writing it.