"The ultimate significance of Obama's election depends on his presidency. His deeds, not his race, will determine whether he's another Franklin Roosevelt, another Franklin Pierce (president from 1853 to 1857) or something in between.
"'Obama's election could be a turning point,' Foner says, 'but he has to make it a turning point.'"
Rick Hampson in USA Today asks historians to assess 2008.
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