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...notable exception, however, Democratic candidate and former Harvard Lecturer Robert B. Reich has made his presence felt on campus—and been rewarded with active student support...
...Democratic gubernatorial race, four candidates—Reich, Shannon P. O’Brien, Warren E. Tolman and Thomas F. Birmingham ’72—are vying for their party’s place on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 5. While O’Brien has taken a strong lead in recent polls, the outcome of tomorrow’s primary is hardly a foregone conclusion...
Throughout this primary campaign, Reich has demonstrated his passionate, principled commitment to the under-privileged. As he told the American Student Assistance Conference on Jan. 27, “A society concerned about widening inequality—and its corrosive effects on democracy, social solidarity and the moral authority of a state or nation—would logically turn its attention to increasing the supply of people capable of doing the work that the new economy rewards.” His visionary plans to revitalize education in Massachusetts, coupled with his intelligent proposals on health care and many other issues?...
...many other essential issues, Reich is ahead of the pack. While all the Democrats endorse civil unions for homosexual couples, he is the only one to take a courageous stand in favor of same-sex marriage. He has committed himself to slash $18 million from the hideously bloated Massachusetts court system—the cuts consisting mostly of patronage jobs created at the behest of the state legislature, jobs that Reich rightly says “the court system never asked for.” And during his years as labor secretary, Reich repeatedly demonstrated his dedication to improving...
...Reich clearly has the experience to handle the job. He is a seasoned administrator who presided over a cabinet department with over 16,000 full-time employees and an annual budget greater than that of Massachusetts’. Yet Reich is not a Beacon Hill insider; he is not tainted by the state legislature’s endless, autocratic budget process...