Reddit reviews Locked in the Cabinet

It won't solve certain core structural problems with the electoral system, but getting some Democrats in power will at least bring some accountability to the whole process. And I do think the U.S. was enormously better off with the fact-oriented Clinton administration than it is with the Bush administration. Compare the Clinton cabinet deliberations in Locked in the Cabinet or In an Uncertain World with the Bush cabinet deliberations in The Price of Loyalty, for instance. The careful, open debate that shaped the Clinton policies dramatically reduced the risk of a fuckup like the invasion of Iraq.

So I agree that posting on reddit is a futile exercise, from a political perspective. I simply view it as a good source of information. But I am spending my weekends canvassing for the local Democratic congressional candidate.

In fairness, he was Secretary of Labor, and he did write a book about his experience in the Clinton cabinet.

His book is about how he was sidelined from the economic decision-making during Clinton's first term. I think that he expected to be vindicated by an economic downturn during Clinton's second term, but that's not what ended up happening. It really is hard to see why anyone takes Reich seriously on the subject of economics.

What is relevant is what was she said BEFORE the bill passed, not what she said 10 years later after it became popular. The clinton administration was very much against Gingrich's proposals, and vetoed them twice.