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Dori next work i about Theodore Roo evelt and the Progre ive Era a heady, optimi tic era when reform wa in the air, when the government began for the fir t time to hed it lai ez faire attitude toward the gigantic tru t that were rapidly wallowing up their competitor in one field or another, and when voice were beginning to be rai ed again t the qualid condition in the immigrant lum and the tenement factorie , the un afe working environment , the di ea ed food and fake medicine that flooded an unregulated market. Ju t a Dori found afre h approach to FDR by focu ing on the relation hip between him and Eleanor,and with Lincoln, the pre ident and hi rival , he focu e here on the tory of the broken friend hip between Theodore Roo evelt and William Howard Taft,culminating in their running again t one another for pre ident in 1912. The tory of the e two men i not only dramatic; it had ignificant hi torical con equence . TR cho e Taft a hi ucce or, managed hi campaign, and felt a joyou about hi victory a if it were hi own. TR deci ion to challenge Taft in 1912 de troyed both men chance of election, elected Woodrow Wil on, and dimini hed the progre ive wing of the Republican Party. The Bully Pulpit played a central role in TR ucce and Taft failure. It led Goodwin to the muckraker , a cru ading faction of the pre , which launched popular expo e of monopolie , political bo e , millionaire enator , fraudulent railroad ,un afe railroad and inflationary tariff . TR credited it with changing the nation politic . The muckraking pre i portrayed through the celebrated taff at McClure magazine. Sam McClure wa a larger than life character. The team included Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffen and William Allen White, hou ehold name captivated by the per onality of Teddy Roo evelt and in ervice to hi cau e.
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