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Barack Obama has seized the electoral momentum during the economic crisis. (Mark Lyons/ Getty Images) |
National Perspective
Democrats may have a better Deal this time round
WASHINGTON - The "New Deal coalition" that dominated American politics from Franklin Roosevelt's election in 1932 until Ronald Reagan's in 1980 was the high-point of Democratic rule. Roosevelt governed with large Democratic majorities in Congress; John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter also worked with Congresses heavily weighted to the Democratic side. (Full article: 792 words)
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