Will Obama Be the Next FDR?

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published November 19, 2008 at 7:51 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Barack Obama made history this month by becoming the first African-American president of the U.S. Some are now comparing him to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt. Can Obama save the country from economic rui

Lee Hamilton (guest host): There was jubilation nationwide with the election of President-Elect Obama. There was little jubilation when FDR was elected. Hunger, unemployment and union violence dotted the landscape in the 1930s.

70-plus years later the landscape is littered with problems, an economic collapse impacting the U.S. and the global powers.

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How similar are the problems these two incoming men inherited?

Envision San Diego: Change airs Thursday, November 20, 2008, at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV.

Guests

Joanne Faryon , KPBS reporter.
Carl Luna , professor of political science at San Diego Mesa College.