"Originally published on May 29, 2012 2:50 pm it is the sort of question you toss out to a table full of politics buffs ??? sharing a pitcher of cold beer. (We will provide the aficionados; you imagine the table and the cold pitcher.) Which presidential election in American history most resembles the coming election between President Obama and Mitt Romney ??? and why? 1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt v" . . . .