(Editor’s Note: As the end of 2013 approaches, the Washington Examiner is shining a spotlight on its best columns of the year. Today, it’s senior political analyst Michael Barone writing about Franklin D. Roosevelt, who made big government look easy and politically rewarding. This column first ran on Aug. 27 and can be found in its original form here.)

Evidence of the astonishing incompetence of the Obama administration continues to roll in.