Maybe because the New Deal was the template and like all grand Communist plans, the flaw wasn't in the plan, it was in the execution. The right people weren't in charge. Lyndon just screwed it up somehow, or we'd be much further along by now.
Plus, there's that special connection to Eleanor, channeling and all.
She's mentioning it for the benefit of my Mother, who at 87, still thinks every Dem is an FDR. Mom didn't even know that the Dems are pro-abortion. The sad part is that she votes Dem.