Against "the Despoilers"

"'The truth of the matter is that Roosevelt today would be on the left,' said Mr. Brinkley, who is writing a biography of the former president titled 'The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt’s and the Crusade for America.'
"Roosevelt believed passionately in regulating industry and curbing the excesses of the great corporations. He favored the imposition of an inheritance tax and fought his party’s increasing tendency to cater to the very wealthy. And, of course, he was a ferocious protector of the environment."

In The New York Times, Bob Herbert argues that John McCain is no "Teddy Roosevelt Republican."