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Originally Posted by Chas H
From the linked article-
"While Obama has had a crisis, it's not the sort that the opposition would give in to his demands," he said. "Obama, in a sense, has had a tougher assignment than either Roosevelt or Johnson had. The fact that he's getting so close on this health-care bill speaks to his talent of leadership, doggedness and determination to put across the biggest piece of social legislation since Social Security."
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Not to mention that he has extreme leftists as the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate doing the heavy lifting for him. Also having the Press not asking the hard questions helps a lot.
Neither Roosevelt, not Johnson had those advantages.