Where Have You Gone, Franklin Delano: The End of The 2021 Legislative Circus & FDR Comparisons
Our political nation rolls their weary eyes upon a news media that sold FDR but never came to terms with the reality of a 50–50 Senate
Democracy might die in the dark, but in the meantime, the self-styled “world’s greatest deliberative body” finally adjourned their work for the year in the darkness of 4 in the morning Saturday. The gaveling of the end rather felt like a mercy killing to the long-terminal but artificially and hopefully preserved legislative year. A legislative year that started with high hopes of a Democratic DC power trifecta and a Biden-powered agenda swelled with the rhetoric of “sweeping change” and “FDR-like” legislative success.
“Copying Roosevelt, Biden Wanted a Fast Start. Now Comes the Hard Part.” — New York Times, January 31, 2021
“Joe Biden is no FDR — but if he keeps listening to progressives, he could be” — MSNBC, April 28, 2021
“Biden’s First 100 Days Will Be the Biggest Since FDR’s” — The Daily Beast, January 20, 2021
“The Most Vital 100 Days Since FDR” — Foreign Policy, April 12th, 2021
