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Herbert Hoover begged Franklin Roosevelt to join him in declaring a bank holiday during Hoover s last days in office. Roosevelt refused, and promptly called one shortly after he was inaugurated. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
SUBVERSE: Who's in charge? Nov 26, 2008
He may yet do a Herbert Hoover on India. The writer is a political commentator. (India Times, India)
Obama's unusual transition: Already a co-president Nov 25, 2008
" That's more typical.The troop presence would prove to be an embarrassment for the Clinton White House in 1993. After 18 U.S. Army Rangers were killed and soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, Clinton began a troop pullout; all U.S. forces were out by 1995. Osama bin Laden later said that the U.S. withdrawal encouraged his al Qaida forces to plan new attacks.Some transitions have been downright icy. After the 1932 election, as America continued to reel from the Great... (Anchorage Daily News)
Obama introduces his economic 'dream team' Nov 25, 2008
"He said he'd offer more details about his future budget Tuesday.Stock markets reacted favorably. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 396.97 points, or 4.98 percent, to close at 8,443.39. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose even more, up 87.67 points, or 6.3 percent, to close at 1472.22. The S&P 500 index rose 6.5 percent, or 51.78 points, to close at 851.81.In an unusual sign of cooperation during a change at the White House not just of presidents but also of political parties, Obama... (Anchorage Daily News)
Obama should cut capital gains tax Nov 25, 2008
The economy is funda-MENTAL-ly strong thanks to Senator Chambliss and his Herbert Hoover Throwback policies ... -It just makes you feel good all over to have such a great Senator serving the greatest President since the Honorable Herbert Hoover. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
A year to remember, but not to relive Nov 25, 2008
Instead, President Herbert Hoover ordered the Army to evict them. Franklin Roosevelt's campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again." It proved woefully premature. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Obama's 'All-Star Cabinet' of the 'Smartest' Impresses Mitchell Nov 25, 2008
MATTHEWS: Well, the same reason Franklin Roosevelt refused to join in the politics of Herbert Hoover and the economy of Herbert Hoover. He has to have an absolute fresh break. (MediaResearch.org)
Taxation: Trickle Down (Cont'd) Nov 25, 2008
The man Americans have just elected president of the United States is apparently making it clear he does not want to be remembered in the history books as the Herbert Hoover of the 21st century who used tax hikes to turn a stock market descent into a depression. The Citigroup intervention notwithstanding, it cannot be a coincidence that the nearly 900-point, 11% boost in the Dow Jones industrial average the biggest two-day jump in more than two decades coincided with Obama economic officials... (Investors Business Daily)
Obama using bully pulpit already to tackle economy Nov 25, 2008
Roosevelt refused to cooperate during the transition with his vanquished predecessor, Republican Herbert Hoover, waiting instead to tackle the crisis after he was sworn in as president. CONTINUED 1. (AL.com)
Crisis leads Obama to pick staff quickly Nov 24, 2008
Rebuffing Herbert Hoover. During the Depression, president-elect Franklin Roosevelt refused outgoing President Herbert Hoover's requests for a meeting to come up with a joint economic program, saying it would tie his hands when he took over. (USA Today -- News)
Bay Area mob lynched kidnappers 75 years ago Nov 23, 2008
One of them was former President Herbert Hoover, then living in Palo Alto. But one Stanford professor led her class in applause at the notion of justice by lynching. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Lessons from the New Deal Nov 23, 2008
Under President Herbert Hoover and continuing with Roosevelt, the U.S. government increased income taxes, excise taxes, inheritance taxes, corporate income taxes, holding company taxes and "excess profits" taxes. When all of these tax increases are taken into account, New Deal fiscal policy didn't do much to promote recovery. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Ellis Brooks Chevrolet dumping GM line Nov 21, 2008
-- William Miller, former CEO of Menlo Park's SRI International, for being "the major catalyst in formalizing the commercial ties and technical collaboration between Silicon Valley and the Asian region." A renowned physics researcher and computer scientist, Miller is Herbert Hoover professor emeritus of public te management at Stanford University. -- Alexander Calhoun, counsel, Squire, Sanders ey LLP in San Francisco, "for his role in globalizing legal services to increase the ease of doing... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Useless Knowledge: Presidential quirks, oddities Nov 21, 2008
The Montana Standard. The Montana Standard. (Montana Standard, MT)
His Best Speech Nov 21, 2008
Fox News contributor and Bill O'Reilly favorite Margaret Hoover - great-granddaughter of President Herbert Hoover - is engaged to marry John P. Avlon, a former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter and frequent New York Post op-ed contributor. Avlon, a centrist who wrote "Independent Nation," proposed on bent knee in Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in lower Manhattan. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Grading the Throne Speech Nov 20, 2008
It's a modest relief that the government will not cling to balanced budgets like Herbert Hoover did in 1932, but instead consider running temporary deficits. It's also good that it has to those deficits being temporary. (Globe and Mail)
Iowa, where the Ag secretaries grow Nov 20, 2008
Experience and competence usually outweigh stereotypical geographic clout, Covington said, noting former President Herbert Hoover, who served as secretary of Commerce from 1921-28. Zach Bader, a spokesman for Iowa Farm Bureau, agreed, arguing that favorable agriculture policies trumps location. (Daily Iowan, IA)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 19, 2008 Nov 20, 2008
That's the first thing Herbert Hoover did after the crash of 1929, and it made the unemployment rate and the Depression worse ... QUOTE: "Deficits are bad for the economy, most of the time. Don't let Republican naysayers tell you that now is the time to balance the budget. That's the first thing Herbert Hoover did after the crash of 1929, and it made the unemployment rate and the Depression worse." END Quote ... The actual phrase is: "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." It was a... (North County Times)
Great Depression survivors made it through tough times with thrift Nov 20, 2008
In May 1930, President Herbert Hoover felt "convinced we have passed the worst ... we will now rapidly recover to better times ahead.' All the pep talk about the Depression being over proved to be pure rubbish.". In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt began the first of his unprecedented four terms. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Pastimes -- Friends of our country's father Nov 19, 2008 Like FDR, Obama faces crises, and troubles in the air Nov 18, 2008 Stanford Meets Cal in 111th Big Game this Saturday in Berkeley Nov 18, 2008 Fiscal Policy: Rangel And Reality Nov 18, 2008 Celebrate "A Christmas Past" in West Branch, Iowa Nov 18, 2008 Bailout: The Largest Heist in History Nov 18, 2008 Miners pluck Calif. lineman Deryck Beveridge Nov 17, 2008 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? Nov 16, 2008 History will judge Nov 16, 2008 How Presidents Pass the Torch Nov 16, 2008 BEGGING FOR A BAILOUT: GET WHEEL, DETROIT Nov 15, 2008 Give Bush credit for Iraq Nov 14, 2008 Feinberg: Lincoln voters have gone blue Nov 14, 2008 Obama not first president to face hard economic choices Nov 14, 2008 Paulson makes it clear: He's in charge Nov 13, 2008 Economic summit unlikely to burnish Bush's legacy Nov 13, 2008 When Rush is real RNC chair Nov 13, 2008 Letter: Obama has made history, now it's time for change Nov 13, 2008 Erasing No. 43's legacy, one policy at a time Nov 13, 2008 SportsBiz: Long-term deals keep sports afloat Nov 12, 2008 A history of handovers Nov 11, 2008 Bush’s Broken Record Nov 11, 2008 Highs, lows of political life Nov 11, 2008 Paul Krugman: Franklin Delano Obama? Nov 11, 2008 TALKING BUSINESS: A nation hopes for another FDR Nov 11, 2008 Obamas check out the White House Nov 11, 2008 Do Rookies Make Good Presidents? Nov 11, 2008 Europe Hopes To Get The Change It Wants Nov 10, 2008 Andy Rooney On The Election Nov 10, 2008 Many newborns being named after Barack... Nov 10, 2008 A tough time for comics with Obama as president? Nov 10, 2008 Comics: What's funny about Obama? Nov 10, 2008 When President Meets President-Elect, It's Not Always Pretty Nov 10, 2008 Like Abe And FDR, Obama Faces Crises Nov 9, 2008 The historic election Nov 9, 2008 Putting a face on future U.S. currency Nov 9, 2008 White House pets: Hippo, gator and 'Satan' Nov 9, 2008 Could This Be The Great Depression II? Nov 9, 2008 Election Letters Nov 9, 2008 Daily chart: The rocky road ahead Nov 8, 2008 Roseburg Forest Products confirms 120 workers laid off Nov 8, 2008 Can Obama do the 'Roosevelt thing'? Nov 8, 2008 Will Transition to Obama Be Like FDR's From Hoover? Nov 7, 2008 FAREWELL VOYAGE? Nov 7, 2008 Early election polls predict triumph for Democrats Nov 7, 2008 * Obama, the beneficiary of change Nov 6, 2008 South Florida business leaders react to Obama win Nov 6, 2008 Another View: President-elect faces tough transition Nov 6, 2008 Stocks fall as investors ponder Obama presidency Nov 6, 2008 Museum to mark Veterans Day with new exhibit Nov 6, 2008 Recession versus Depression Nov 5, 2008 Quarrels erupt over McCain protesters Nov 5, 2008 White House Traditions Stand Hundreds Of Years Strong Nov 5, 2008 In Congress, a Democratic wave Nov 5, 2008 History shows an Obama win may lift US economy Nov 5, 2008 a bigger margin Nov 4, 2008 Arizona Biltmore hosts McCain camp Nov 4, 2008 Election Day marks his 101st birthday Nov 4, 2008 Fame or infamy lies in wait for next chief Nov 4, 2008 How Come War Heroes Never Win the Presidency Anymore? Nov 4, 2008 Five questions about America this election may answer Nov 3, 2008 CHANGING LANES: When circumstances change, so do promises Nov 3, 2008 First-time voter is 103 Nov 3, 2008 Senator McCain recently compared Nov 3, 2008 Small Business: Ask an Expert Nov 3, 2008
Apparently, President Herbert Hoover was unable to attend, but was sending the secretary of the Navy in his place. We hope you are enjoying reading about the early meetings of the Marshfield Historical Society. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
bold prediction Nov 18, 2008
Herbert Hoover made the mistake of raising taxes in a recession to balance the Federal governments budget. Barak is looking to raise taxes "to be fair". (Harper's Magazine)
Again a new President will assume office just as FDR did 75 years ago after Herbert Hoover, under cover of the shadow darkening our skies, vacated the White House. Thoughts While Shaving: Warning signs of impending local aid gashes are being lofted at the State House. (Weymouth News, MA)
Stanford's manager was Herbert Hoover, later to become the 31st President of the United States ... Stanford's manager was Herbert Hoover, later to become the 31st President of the United States. (Gostanford.com)
So isn't it funny that in the midst of such a serious emergency, when congressmen are worrying about going down in the history books as the next Herbert Hoover, Sen. Smoot or Rep. (Investors Business Daily)
WEST BRANCH, IOWA-West Branch, Iowa, the birthplace of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, will host "A Christmas Past" events from Friday, December 5 until Sunday, December 7. Horse-drawn wagon rides on Friday and Saturday evenings start at 5:30 p.m. from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum ... The rides take visitors through Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and historic downtown West Branch. (Lone Tree Reporter, IA)
In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who inherited a devastated economy from Herbert Hoover, took heroic measures to get America going again. At age 83, I remember that era well. (Newsmax)
San Diego, Herbert Hoover High School Scouts Grade: 79. Position Rank: 24. (ESPN -- Recruiting)
Since they don t want to recall Nixon, Bush I, or Herbert Hoover, they have to go back to Abraham Lincoln. Not much going on in Lincoln s time except a civil war. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
On Election Day 2008, even as Americans were going to the polls in record numbers to repudiate the eight years of Mr. Bush, The Wall Street Journal ran not one but two pieces that referred to the revisionist view of Herbert Hoover, long regarded as the founding father of the Great Depression and as the high priest of stubborn American individualism. The Herbert Hoover birthplace in West Branch, Iowa, is a lonely place, especially on a windy plains afternoon, and Hoover remains one of the great... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In 1932 it didn't help that the two men neither liked nor trusted each other: Herbert Hoover called Franklin Roosevelt a "chameleon on plaid," while F.D.R. preferred the image of Hoover as a "fat, timid capon." Since Inauguration Day was not until March 1933, there was an urgent need for action, but Hoover's efforts to reach out to Roosevelt in the name of bipartisan cooperation were dismissed by critics as an attempt to annul the election and obstruct the New Deal. Hoover called Roosevelt a... (Time.com)
Then Bush will forever be linked with Herbert Hoover. Kenneth Zimmerman. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Herbert Hoover did that in 1929. It led to a depression. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
In 1932, just as the Depression was hitting its stride, Herbert Hoover, running for a second term, beat FDR in Lincoln by more than two to one (462-200 votes). Now, that's Republican. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
President Herbert Hoover shakes hands with Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) prior to Roosevelt s inauguration in March 1933. Barack Obama should take note of how Roosevelt handled tough times, one expert says. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
"Rumor had it that Andrew Mellon determined a lot of policy" when he served under Herbert Hoover, Temin said. Mellon's philosophy, as the Depression was starting, was to leave things alone. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Latest Political Stories. Latest World Stories. (Anchorage Daily News)
It seems obvious that after the administration of George Herbert Hoover Bush, the future of the vainglorious Republican Party can be summed up in two words - Ronald Reagan. Chuckle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
In the USA, we had a Native American vice president, Charles Curtis, under Herbert Hoover. We had many African-American Congressmen during reconstruction. (Daily Collegian, PA)
And in 1932, Herbert Hoover was ice itself toward Franklin Roosevelt, who refused to co-operate with the lame-duck president during the transition. Those are the last two instances in which a new president took power dedicated to dismantling the legacy of his predecessor. (Globe and Mail)
Back in 1930, as the Great Depression started its long, tortuous reign, it was mentioned to New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth that he made more money than President Herbert Hoover. I know, said the Bambino, but I had a better year than Hoover. (MSNBC -- Business)
1932: IN Franklin Roosevelt (D) OUT Herbert Hoover (R). The Depression-era handover from Herbert Hoover's discredited Republican administration to the energetic Democrat Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) heralded the beginning of the New Deal and comparisons have been drawn with the current situation. (BBC News)
The American Conservative -- Bush s Broken Record. The 43rd president leaves office without a legacy to stand on. (The American Conservative)
Obama has a lot of uneccessary problems to solve because of the Worst Administration since Herbert Hoover. Clinton left office with a surplus and Bush screwed up the whole country with 8 YEARS of STUPIDITY.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The effects of federal public works spending were largely offset by other factors, notably a large tax increase, enacted by Herbert Hoover, whose full effects weren't felt until his successor took office. Also, expansionary policy at the federal level was undercut by spending cuts and tax increases at the state and local level. (International Herald Tribune)
Stories focused instead on another phrase FDR used: "action, and action now." In 1933, after three years of incompetence from the administration of Herbert Hoover, that is what Americans most yearned to hear ... One is the response to the crisis by the outgoing presidents, Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
President-elect Franklin Roosevelt stayed as far as he could from incumbent Herbert Hoover, and "it contributed to the worsening of the economy," said David Abshire, president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency. HOUSE: SENATE. (USA Today)
Next come the technocrats like William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover, who both arrived with long rsums of appointed posts but virtually no electoral experience. This category might also include Jimmy Carter, who despite several years in the Georgia legislature and governor's office maintained an essentially bureaucratic outlook toward White House affairs. (Time.com)
This is in the great American tradition: during the Great Depression, when there was a four-month gap between the election and the first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt (the founding fathers reckoned it would take that long for the new man's horse to get him to Washington), Herbert Hoover tried to get Roosevelt to endorse his budget and other depression-fighting measures. Roosevelt wisely declined to become a party to his rivals' proposals. (CBS News)
I've lived through a lot of interesting elections in my lifetime starting with the one between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, but none were more interesting or important than the one we just had that elected Barack Obama our next president. I'm a proud American but I'm often embarrassed by our loud mouthed insistence that we are the greatest nation in the world even though I think it's true. (CBS News)
Hoover came out of nowhere to land at No. 367 for boys' names in 1928, the year Herbert Hoover was elected the 31st president. Then the Great Depression started, and it dropped to No. 945 in 1931. (The Drudge Report)
" True, as a six-term U.S. Senator and lately as Obama's running mate, Biden has cemented his reputation for blurting out remarks before they're vetted by his brain. (Item: Biden declared that "Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television" to address the nation when the stock market crashed in October 1929 even though Herbert Hoover was president then and TV was barely invented.) "He's a little more gregarious, runs around and slaps people on the back, he's cheery-looking," said Ferguson, who... (Yahoo News)
(Item: Biden declared that Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television to address the nation when the stock market crashed in October 1929 -- even though Herbert Hoover was president then and TV was barely invented. . (KHOU.com, TX)
This election, given the circumstances and transformational mood, has been compared to 's ouster of Herbert Hoover, another transition that occurred amidst. Happily for all concerned, this time both incoming and outgoing presidents appear inclined to than their predecessors did. (Time.com)
" To reach out to his critics, Lincoln even allowed a reporter from an opposition newspaper, a journalist named Henry Villard, to virtually move into his office in Springfield, Missouri, to chronicle the transition. "That's the equivalent of Obama picking up the phone and asking Sean Hannity to move in," Holzer said of the conservative television personality. Roosevelt, who picked members of the opposing party for Cabinet spots, was as noncommittal as Lincoln as he was about to be sworn into... (CBS News)
In that year, Republican Herbert Hoover, the US Secretary of Commerce, ran against Democrat Al Smith, then Governor of New York. Herbert Hoover won in a landslide on the promise of continuing the economic prosperity of the 1920s; in less than a year, the US stock market would crash. (Philippine Star)
Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Ronald Reagan it isn't. If his name had been something usual like Tom Wilson or Bill Smith, this contest might not have been anywhere near as interesting. (Albany Times Union)
Herbert Hoover wanted to put a chicken in every pot, a car in every garage, and. a gator in the Oval Office. (CNN)
Thats right, the do-nothing Herbert Hoover was no proponent of free markets, despite what you learned in history class. Hoover thought the proper response to an economic downturn was to spend massively on public works, and to support crop prices and wage rates. (Townhall.com)
Mr. Obama s economic plans center on massive tax increases and wealth redistribution, and he threatens to renegotiate NAFTA. As the U.S. economy teeters on recession, Mr. Obama consciously intends to make the same mistake that Herbert Hoover made in ignorance: at the beginning of a recession, Hoover increased taxes and started a trade policy of protectionism and the Great Depression followed. It s no coincidence that the stock market is tanking as Mr. Obama s polls rise. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
When Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932, the Depression had been going on for three years, thousands of banks had failed and unemployment was 25. When Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980, inflation had been high for years, hovering at 12% as voters headed to the polls. (The Economist)
It is perfectly acceptable to hold people accountable for things they may have done for which there is no statute of limitations (Herbert Hoover gets no love here). We have frothers and philosophers and occasionally realists. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
One important similarity is the response to the crisis by the departing presidents, Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush. Hoover, it turns out, was far more active than he gets credit for in the popular imagination. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
It is sorely tempting to reach back to history to look at the transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin Delano Roosevelt following the 1932 election. The numbers, while not exactly supporting the claim, come close. (Fox News)
In her prime, the 174-passenger steamboat with the sassy red paddlewheel and ear-splitting, water-spitting calliope welcomed three U.S. presidents: Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter. In 1979, the boat temporarily was named "Steamboat One," when Carter campaigned on it from St. Louis to St. Paul, Minn. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Bush s legacy within the Republican Party is the same as Herbert Hoover s.. However, Bush has left an indelible conservative handprint on the Supreme Court. (Atmore Advance, AL)
Roosevelts three Republican predecessors, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, appointed only eight Catholics to the 207 vacancies on the federal bench between 1921 and 1933. In the next eight years, Roosevelt named 52 Catholics to the 197 federal judgeships that he filled X part of a deliberate strategy to shepherd into the Democratic fold the sons and daughters of those great immigrant communities that had arrived on US shores a generation or two earlier. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Stone said if Obama follows through on all his promises, he expects the impact to be similar to Herbert Hoover s efforts at the start of the Great Depression, which only made the economy worse and angered businesspeople. The Republican Party will be defined more by what Obama does in the short term," Stone said. "If he pursues trade restrictions and tax increase, that s what Herbert Hoover did. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
Also, Herbert Hoover had done so little to address the economic crisis during his last year in office that Roosevelt had a clean slate on which to write the New Deal. Obama's success depends in large measure on the transition infrastructure designed eight years ago by former White House chief of staff and current transition director John Podesta. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Riley wrote on Nov 5, 2008 3:11 PM:" Was there any doubt that this would happen?Socialism is the diametric opposite of capitalism.Business is now going to have to take a defensive position in order to survice.A defensive position means a contraction, equating to higher unemployment and negative growth.Stand by for the second great depression under Herbert Hoover Obama, the American communist. ". Farmer wrote on Nov 5, 2008 3:22 PM:" Obama's bill of rights (this should look very familiar):1.... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Herbert Hoover s food relief efforts during the war. A profile of Marion Crandell of Cedar Rapids, a nurse and the first American woman killed in the war. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Descriptions that Define the Difference Between Them. Recession and depression descriptions often depends upon how each is being defined. (Suite101.com)
" Horse squeeze. Only liberals parrot the worst president ever line. The worst is Jimmy Carter, by far. Next up would be Herbert Hoover. ". xdfred wrote on Nov 4, 2008 12:03 PM:" scoot wrote on Nov 4, 2008 11:22 AM:" Hetfield, being pro-choice isn't being pro abortion. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
President Herbert Hoover held the last reception in 1932. Turkeys across the country take pride in the Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning the National Turkey, which was started in 1947 when President Harry Truman was presented with the first National Turkey. (KERO 23, CA)
"President Bush has given us a Hoover moment," says Democratic strategist Al From, likening the situation to Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932 that ushered in a 20-year hold on the White House for Democrats. "A lot of people have given Democrats a chance to prove we can govern," From says, "and the test for Obama is whether he can perform in office.". (USA Today)
Among newly elected Republicans, five - including Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon and George W Bush - preceded stock market declines, with a median retreat of 2. 5 percent for all 10, data compiled by Bloomberg show. (Business Report, South Africa)
Well, the final day before the official presidential voting and the final version of Karl Rove's exclusive national electoral map sees a strong victory for , gaining the most electoral votes since lopsided win over Bob Dole in 1996. According to the research of compiled state polls by the hypothetical electoral college numbers suggest an Obama win over the Republican ticket of and of 338 electoral votes to 200. (Harper's Magazine)
The resort has hosted every president since Herbert Hoover, and photos from their visits hang near the lobby. It enters new territory with tonight's event, especially if McCain wins. (AZCentral -- Business)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Monday, November 03, 2008. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
America's newest president could one day be remembered as this generation's Franklin D. Roosevelt - or Herbert Hoover. "The next president is going to inherit one big mess," said Leslie Burl McLemore, professor of political science at Jackson State University. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Moreover, both Roosevelt and his predecessor, Herbert Hoover, had performed enormously significant civilian duties in World War I, Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the Navy and Hoover as a highly enterprising organizer of famine relief, first as a private citizen and later as an appointee of President Woodrow Wilson. The Oval Office's current drought of military leaders, then, would seem historically unique. (Slate)
The New Deal era and the Reagan Revolution each followed failed presidencies that, fairly or not, are still invoked as cautionary tales - the Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter administrations. George W. Bush's administration, with record-low approval ratings, may join the list. (Boston Globe)
Unlike Herbert Hoover and his team of advisors, the current administration gets how dire our situation is. The problem is, there is no solution of the past that addresses the complexities of our current situation. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Had Smith attempted to vote in 1928 he says he never tried to register his choices would have been Herbert Hoover, campaigning as a Republican maverick, and Democrat Al Smith who, like Obama, was a historic nominee. Smith was the first Catholic to seek the presidency. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Promises to cut government spending are pretty much worthless unless accompanied by convincing explanations of how precisely they will be implemented. Obama has failed this basic test. (Harper's Magazine)
After graduating from Stanford, Herbert Hoover started a mining consulting business which eventually had offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris and Petrograd. Jimmy Carter started as fertilizer business, owned a peanut farm, acquired a cotton gin, ran a farm-supply operation, and owned several warehouses. (USA Today -- Money)
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