Presidents Lincoln and Obama

Many comparisons are being made between President-elect Barack Obama and President Abraham Lincoln. How accurate are they what can Obama learn from Lincoln’s administration. Our guests are ALLEN GUELZO, Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College and a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize. He is author of “Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America” and “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation” and JAMES MCPHERSON, Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University. He is author of many books including “Battle Cry of Freedom” for which won the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book is “Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.” Listen to the mp3