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Another Obama advantage is that he's showing signs of a quality ascribed to Roosevelt — "longheadedness."
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So in measuring Reagan's greatness, insufficient attention is now given to his longheadedness and toughness in putting the Soviet Union on the path to extinction.
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"...a quality ascribed to Franklin D. Roosevelt—'longheadedness.' Behind their enigmatic smiles, longheaded politicians look farther downfield than most."
--Jonathan Alter, "How Much Change Is Change?" Newsweek, March 10, 2008, p. 39
March 12, 2008