[lbo-talk] Grover Cleveland, Obama's Percursor?

[michael perelman]

I have been thinking about presidential comparisons with Obama.  The 
closest I could imagine was Grover Cleveland's second administration.

Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who 
opposed high tariffs, free silver, inflation, imperialism and subsidies 
to business, farmers or veterans. His battles for political reform and 
fiscal conservatism made him an icon for American conservatives. 
Cleveland was tight with the bankers and the railroad.  Maybe he was not 
so much in love with them as Obama, but it is still pretty disgusting.

Here are my notes from Matthew Josephson's The Politicos:

read more at:

http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/grover-cleveland-obamas-percursor/

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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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