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  1. 2 Transform Debate @BarackObama must be willing to confront head-on the failures of strategy of compromise w/ GOP 4 addressing econ crisis 2:51 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  2. As in 1932-33, the primary task of any successful Democratic campaign MUST BE 2 TRANSFORM TERMS OF DEBATE (now contrld by GOP) @BarackObama 2:42 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  3. And FDR knew he could not do this alone: He summoned the American people to MOBILIZE around this restorative work... 2:35 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  4. The Core Idea of "restoring America to its own people" was the DRIVING ENGINE of FDR's "New Deal for the American People." @BarackObama 2:33 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  5. Immediately after his 1932 nomination, FDR took position that "action to help ordinary people" would be core of his job as President. 2:32 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  6. Alter: "FDR's main innovation was 2 begin changing the terms of debate" on core issue of govt's RESPONSIBILITY TO serve NEEDS OF PEOPLE. 2:29 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  7. For FDR, "seizing the day" meant taking hold of CRISIS and using it to REDEFINE Political TERMS OF economic DEBATE for the Country. 2:28 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  8. "FDR knew the consequences of failing to seize the day." (p. 6, Jonathan Alter, The Defining Moment) http://bit.ly/r1Uavb 2:27 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  9. FDR "refused to leave the PROBLEMS OF OUR COMMON WELFARE to be solved by the WINDS OF CHANCE & the hurricanes of disaster." (Alter, p. xv) 2:23 PM Aug 6th, 2011 via web
  10. FDR: "Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and courage...2 restore America 2 its own people" 5:27 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  11. And FDR KNEW he could not do this alone: He summoned the American people to mobilization around this restorative work already in 1932... 5:26 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  12. This Core Idea of "restoring America to its own people" was the DRIVING ENGINE of FDR's "New Deal for the American People." @BarackObama 5:23 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  13. FDR in campaign of 1932 asked people 2help him not only 2win election, but to help him "RESTORE AMERICA TO ITS OWN PEOPLE." @BarackObama 5:22 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  14. It was FDR's focus on redefining terms of debate re: govt responsibility to common people in Crisis that guided FDR's "Defining" Moment: 5:18 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  15. Immediately after his 1932 Nomination, FDR began fight 4 principle that "action to help ordinary people" wld be core of his job as President 5:11 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  16. Alter: "FDR's main innovation was 2 begin changing the terms of debate" on core issue of govt's RESPONSIBILITY TO serve NEEDS OF PEOPLE. 5:10 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
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