Washington Post article titled...

"Finding His Inner FDR:  Obama's model to emulate should be more FDR than Lincoln."

Wow.  Remember the Socialist movement was very prevalent throughout the world from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, and while the US did not fully adopt the transitions that other countries did, the intelligentsia certainly did.

Richard Cohen, the author, I would guess attended undergrad at Vassar, then completed some form of graduate work at Columbia.  No surprise he sees FDR as a hero; no one betrayed capitalism in America more than he...at least until Congress acquiesced Paulson's bailout request.