Article: Team of rivals redux.('Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America' and 'The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience')(Book review)

NOTHING TO FEAR: FDR'S INNER CIRCLE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS THAT CREATED MODERN AMERICA BY ADAM COHEN, Penguin Press, 372 pages, $29.95

THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL: THE LIFE OF FRANCES PERKINS, FDR'S SECRETARY OF LABOR AND HIS MORAL CONSCIENCE BY KIRSTIN DOWNEY Doubleday, 458 pages, $35.00

OBAMA-WATCHING HAS become a new national--even international--sport. First, all eyes were glued to his miraculous triumph over seven opponents in the primaries, followed by a remarkable victory over John McCain. Next came "picking a Cabinet" as Americans witnessed a selection process touted for careful vetting descend into allegations of financial misconduct, tax ...

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