Obama hasn't even been sworn in yet, yet he's already being referenced in contrast to FDR, like on this ontd_political post. My personal hope is that Obama will be at least a watered-down FDR. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman , who criminally is not on Obama's economic advisory team, says Obama "should be bolder , not more cautious" than FDR! The New York Times November 8, 2008, 3:37 pm New Deal economics by Paul Krugman Everybody’s talking new New Deal... read more