American politics [was Reps delaying

[Max Sawicky]

> . . .
> The US is largely lacking in that sort of a conveyor belt, no
> doubt because the sort of an organized left such as exists
> in Britain has been largely absent in the US.  On the other hand if
> we look at recent administrations in the US, one can certainly
> find some ex-leftists.  Thus the budget director during Reagan's
> first term, David Stockman, was a New Left activist back in the
> 1960s.  The architect of Clinton's failed health care reform plan,
> David Magaziner, was a leftist activist back in the '60s and
> '70s.  There are no doubt many other people in the Clinton
> Administration who are ex-leftists, though generally not
> in high profile positions.
> 

Michael Boskin was left too.  Magaziner, whose first name
is Ira, may be the best example of young left activist - cum -
Administration big shot.  Except as an activist, his cause
celebre was . . . curriculum reform.  Ooooh.

mbs