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Richard Norton Smith, Presidential Historian on Obama vs Lincoln and Roosevelt [video]

The Clinton School allows us an endless supply of experts on so many topics. Today, Presidential Richard Norton Smith gave us a good dose of Presidential history.

The Clinton School invited Presidential Historian Richard Norton Smith to come speak on "Lincoln 200". It has been 200 years since Abraham Lincoln was born.

Smith is an expert, having at one time been the first director of the Lincoln Presidential Library. He has also headed up the Reagan and Eisenhower Museums. He is currently a lecturer, author, and network TV analyst and consultant. He took time to talk with us about the how the current administration compares.

While the Obama administration started off by comparing itself to the challenges of Lincoln's Presidency, Smith points out that the crises were entirely different. Obama didn't have eight states trying to secede like Lincoln did. However, Smith doesn't lose sight of the historical significance of the Obama election.

As to Obama vs Franklin Roosevelt, here again there is a stark difference. The country under Roosevelt had gone deeper into depression, and fuindamental changes were made in government as a result...
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