they were in the early 20th century? they re very similar. well, glenn glenn: go ahead, r.j.. i think that they are similar in the following represe respect: they think government is whatever it needs to be, whatever any human problem is, whatever crisis comes up, government has to be there to meet that. that was the progressives. history drove government. that s today. glenn: you know, there is a few things here that i think are interesting because here are the progressives then and now. if you look at it, okay, here is theodore roosevelt. theodore roosevelt is john mccain. progressive. he wants healthcare. he wants all these big government programs but the difference between the progressives of republicans and the progressives of democrats, if i mistaken, john we re america and we ll send the troops in, we ll do it. we ll dictate to the rest of the world. that was theer the theeodore r