Sunday, September 26, 2010

Obama and Jimmy Carter: is there a parallel?

Walter Mondale, Carter's vp from 1977 to 1980 and presidential candidate in 1980, sees a distinct parallel between the hellish difficulties faced by the Carter administration in the late '70s and the seemingly equally hellish difficulties facing the Obama administration today.

Here's a very short article from The New Yorker magazine:

2 comments:

Unknown said...

This article seems to have the same concerns that I have had about the President Obama. President Obama made a big mistake by leaving everything to congress, and not showing enough fighting spirit. I agree with Mr. Mondale that President Obama has a great opportunity to change things, but he is going about it the wrong way. I say " Speak loudly and carry a big stick as well."

Stanley O.

Unknown said...

This article seems to have the same concerns that I have had about President Obama. President Obama made a big mistake by leaving everything to congress, and not showing enough fighting spirit. I agree with Mr. Mondale that President Obama has a great opportunity to change things, but he is going about it the wrong way. I say " Speak loudly and carry a big stick as well."