Burns explores Roosevelt legacy in new documentary

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2. TR's influence on FDR was enormous.

In many ways, their careers mirrored one another. Both state senators, assistant secretaries of the Navy, governors of New York, vice presidential nominees. Both faced tragedies - for TR, the death of his wife and his mother on the same day, for FDR, polio - which sent their lives into unexpected directions. Underlying that is the rivalry between the Oyster Bay (Republican) and Hyde Park (Democratic) wings of the family.

That's without even discussing Eleanor, the shy, awkward little girl who grew into a liberal icon.

It should be fascinating viewing.