Joe Biden was a boring candidate. He now draws comparisons to FDR
Are they justified?
“I’M SICK AND tired of reading how we’re planning another ‘hundred days’ of miracles,” griped John F. Kennedy before assuming the presidency. The sentiment made its way into his inaugural address, albeit in a more stirring manner: “All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration.”
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “100 days of aptitude”
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