Barack Obama, in his inaugural speech in January and in press conferences and speeches since then, has adopted a slogan for his administration, which may impact as part of our history: New Foundation.
Just as other Presidents adopted slogans that came to be seen as the image of their administration, Obama has come up with a term that seems to me to have lasting effect.  Theodore Roosevelt had the Square Deal when he was President and the New Nationalism when he ran on the Progressive Party line in 1912. Woodrow Wilson had the New Freedom in his Presidency. Franklin D. Roosevelt had the New Deal, and Harry Truman had the Fair Deal. John F. Kennedy had the New Frontier and Lyndon Johnson the Great Society.
With Obama’s move toward major legislation on education, the environment, health care, regulation of the credit card industry, changes in the auto industry, regulation of the stock market, plus new initiatives by executive order, the New Foundation has the potential to transform America like no one has done since Lyndon Johnson. We shall see if this slogan survives the long term!