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Freed from the endless political bickering, Rocky hopes to be able to devote his remaining months as Vice President to the urgent national problems that have always concerned him. But stripped of his political power, he may find that he lacks clout in other areas as well. Instead of being attacked, he may be ignored-the ultimate humiliation for such a lifelong political activist. Richard Cheney, Rumsfeld's successor as White House Chief of Staff, is a Rumsfeld man. When a White House staffer was recently asked a question about the Vice President, he replied "Who?" and then chuckled...
...York's elected officials, however, are in no position to fight these evils. They themselves are the chief beneficiaries of the patronage system, and municipal unions and welfare recipients wield an immense amount of political clout in the city. No elected official can stand against them. If the Federal Government is to bail the city out, municipal government as we have known it in New York City must come to an end. This may not be so bad. While it is hard to wax rhapsodical over the prospect of Burns, Simon and Ford running the city's finances, at least...
...every downzoning petition proposed by Cambridge neighborhood groups. Graham will be re-elected because she is a populist in the old Mary "Raise-Less-Corn-More-Hell" Lease tradiiton. And Cambridge, with its Proportional Representation system, is a town that lends itself to electing populists if they have enough clout and identity with specific neighborhoods...
...women--activist and non-activist, professional and working class, housewife and student--have been called on to take a day-long break from their respective routines to demonstrate their economic clout...
Paraphrasing Lord Acton last weekend, Harrington observed that "absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely." But as he bids for power, it is Harrington who is doing the corrupting. His new strategy of alliances would perhaps give some political clout to a small clique of academics, well-meaning students, and old leftists. But the poor and working people to whom socialism is supposed to be responsive will be left out in the cold again...