Deal Us In

"But for our purposes here we had better ask why right-wing pundits have been so busily seeking to desecrate a dead man's legacy, like so many pigeons on a monument. Partly, of course, they act in hope of together, over time, achieving the pigeon effect: no single assault matters much, but add them up and they might destroy the statue. But mostly it's because they worry the party of Roosevelt could return, bringing with it sane extensions of the New Deal--into health care, for example--while providing a responsible strategy for national defense."

In The New Republic, Eric Rauchway argues that Democrats should vocally counter conservative criticisms of Franklin Roosevelt.