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The official story of how health-care reform was conceived in Massachusetts could hardly have been less inspiring--or promising. In the earliest days after Mitt Romney's election in 2002, goes the tale, the new Governor of Massachusetts sat down in his office with his old friend Tom Stemberg...
So Romney started asking for ideas from his aides, many of whom--especially his political advisers--thought he should just drop it. "It was pooh-poohed by everybody," he says. "I am obstinate. I kept on drawing these squares: Well, if you have this number of people, you take that...
Not everyone is happy about the revision, and passions run high. Laurie Cabot, whom then Governor Michael Dukakis once named the "official witch of Salem," has reportedly made common cause with some of the store owners in complaining that the new rules will increase the quantity and decrease the quality...
Instead of finding another way to talk about character and values, Democratic leaders rejected the Carter model altogether, effectively opting out of a conversation with Evangelicals. Later, as debate over abortion laws heated up in the 1980s, Democrats compounded the mistake by ceasing to talk to Catholic audiences as well...
As Presidential hopeful Barack Obama formulates his economic platform before intensive campaigning begins this summer, he is turning to the Harvard faculty for advice. The Illinois Democrat has sought the help of David M. Cutler ’87, the Eckstein professor of applied economics, as well as Jeffrey B...