Obama and the Past

Poll

Which Historical Presidential election does this one most resemble?

	1828: Jackson sweeps out the deadwood
4%	1 votes
	1876: Reform postponed and the Presidency brokered
4%	1 votes
	1960: A rising star breaks through after a stagnant decade
14%	3 votes
	1976: Revulsion at Republican failures ushers in a newcomer
9%	2 votes
	1988: Republicans hold on despite desperately bad administration as Dems fail to strike convincingly
4%	1 votes
	1992: It's the microeconomy, stupid!
4%	1 votes
	2000: McCain is trying to pretend the last eight years never happened, right?
9%	2 votes
	2004: Swift Boats are a-comin'; better hurry, hurry, hurry, home
0%	0 votes
	1932: Dubya will join Hoover as least appreciated Republican
47%	10 votes Although this Daily Kos poll--from September 14-- had few votes, I think it's right on target. Also, it was ahead of the polls and the trends (i.e., before the financial collapse had gone so far). The 1932 and 1960 references now predominate over those from the more recent elections. Clearly Obama is on the verge of a victory of historic proportions. With regard to '60, I disagree with those who say Obama is unworthy of being compared to the likes of John Kennedy. And the Hoover/FDR notion is quite exciting; those who look into it will realize how modest were many of the vaunted New Deal programs compared to what the government seems to be undertaking in these days with our involvement in the Insuro-Banking Complex. I also like some of the parallels with 1828 and 1976, though. Barack Obama, meet with Jimmy Carter. Please. Before January 20th.