Much is made of the comparisons between 2008 and 1932, both in terms on economics and the tasks incoming presidents -- Obama and FDR respectively -- face. The smartest people are hoping for a replay of FDR's first 100 days, a time that saw the creation of the alphabet soup collectively known as the New Deal.
Indeed we need a New Deal for the 21st Century, and I believe Obama knows it. It is evident in his plans to create or save 2.5 million jobs announced in the wake of reports that we lost 533,000 jobs in November alone. what I would like to suggest, though, is that the Obama Administration gear up not for the first 100 days, but the first 100 hours. We need to work to have these tectonic shift-level policy statements signed into law before Feb. 1, 2009.
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