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By JOHN McELHENNY Associated Press Writer March 7, 2002, 6:24 PM EST BOSTON -- It's not exactly Al Gore claiming to invent the Internet, but gubernatorial candidate Robert Reich's claim he coined the phrase "corporate welfare" is raising some eyebrows. Reich, secretary of labor under President Clinton, made the claim most recently at a candidates' forum Saturday, but it's not the first time. In a 1998 article in The American Prospect, which Reich founded, Reich's co-author Frank Laird, a University of Denver professor, wrote: "Since Robert Reich coined the phrase several years ago, 'corporate welfare' has become a rhetorical target ...

Poll: Mass. wants Mitt HERALD POLL/by David R. Guarino Tuesday, February 26, 2002 Republican Mitt Romney would steamroll into the governor's race a certified front-runner, far more popular than the wounded acting governor and besting every Democrat in the field, a new Herald poll shows. In a staggering sign the GOP could abandon acting Gov. Jane M. Swift for Romney, 48 percent of Republicans surveyed now disapprove of the job Swift is doing as governor. Meanwhile, 69 percent of Republican voters view Romney favorably while only 36 percent give Swift favorable marks. And while Swift's plummeting fortune now has ...

Has Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s first secretary of labor, asked the former president and fellow Oxford Rhodes Scholar for his help in his campaign for Massachusetts governor? Not according to campaign manager Mark Longabaugh, who says: “This race is about Robert Reich and the state of Massachusetts, not the former president.” Back in December, Reich told the Boston Herald that Clinton “was encouraging” about his making the race. Those quotes lit a political fire in the Bay State because Clinton is close to front-runner Steve Grossman, the former national Democratic chairman. Reich backed off any claim to Clinton’s backing.

<p>But La Streisand wasn't the star of this show anyway. The headliner was Robert Reich, and his wattage outshone every celebrity who paid to meet and greet the Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate at a Los Angeles fund-raiser Saturday night.</p> <p>Actor/director Warren Beatty introduced Reich, then sat down on a folding chair - obvious second billing. Beatty's wife, actress Annette Bening, listened intently to every line Reich delivered. So did Kurtwood Smith, the baddie in ''RoboCop'' and now the father on ''That '70s Show.'' Mike Farrell of ''M*A*S*H'' fame arrived late and stayed late, the better to give Reich a go-get-'em pat on the back.</p>

Like the Spanish inquisition, the state Democratic Party is moving to purge heretics. There's a problem, though: By the time it's done, will there be anyone left? The party says it is sick of turncoats - people calling themselves Democrats who nevertheless support the candidates of other political parties. Therefore, as reported in the Herald last week, the Dems have decided to crack the whip. They've put in a rule barring individuals from serving as party delegates if in the past they've endorsed non-Democratic candidates or even, in the case of elected officials, if they simply ``publicly opposed the election'' ...

`Reformer' Reich made $750G on big-biz speeches by David R. Guarino Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Democrat Robert Reich bounded from boardroom to boardroom at $30,000 an hour last year - a speaker's circuit fixture netting more than $750,000 straight from the deep pockets of corporate America, records show. Almost every other week, Reich - who bills himself as a reform-minded outsider in the race for governor - was jetting to big-city conferences for major investment, insurance and consulting firms as the top-dollar featured speaker, his speaking schedule shows. ``I do the speeches because it's very, very easy money,'' the former ...

Robert Locke &nbsp;&nbsp; Robert Reich: Consistent Liberal Why H-1B Visas are Bad for America By Robert Locke FrontPageMagazine.com | January 24, 2001 email this article to a friend AMERICA'S GENEROUS IMMIGRATION LAWS are increasingly being corrupted and taken advantage of by self-aware economic interests. Take, for example, the H1-B visa program for technical workers, which was recently expanded to 200,000 people per year by the Clinton administration. H1-B allows corporations to bring in cheap foreign technical labor in the computer industry and elsewhere. This is shrinking opportunities for American citizens, driving down their wages, and stunting the production of ...

Democrat Governor hopefuls Thomas Birmingham and Treas. Shannon O'Brien 'will flex their grassroots political muscle' in today's local Mass. Democrat caucuses.50 thousand activists will select 'more than' 3,900 delegates for the June 2002 nominating convention.Those delegates along with the 1,147 elected and party officials will 'determine who among the five candidates' will make it to the 9/02 primary ballot.Birminghan and O'Brien 'are expected to dominate,' while ex-DNC chair Steve Grossman, ex-state Senator Warren Tolman and ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich 'scramble to clear' the 15% threshold to make the ballot.One or two of the candidates 'may fold their campaigns' after a ...

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Former Clinton Labor secretary Robert Reich is "testing the waters to run for the Democratic nomination for Governor" in Massachusetts.Boston Globe

January 19, 2002 Henry A. Kissinger, the top intellectual on Richard A. Posner's list, which was compiled from Internet hits.Picture credit:John Decker for The New York Times Things are not looking good for Isaac Rosenfeld. As a piece of intellectual property, Rosenfeld, one of the smaller lights of modern Jewish literature and cultural criticism, has always tended to fluctuate in value from footnote to fat paragraph. But investors holding large quantities of Rosenfeld stock may want to unload. As table 5.1 in Richard A. Posner's "Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" (Harvard University Press, 2001) shows, Rosenfeld's name turns up ...

<p>Reich served as secretary of labor from 1993 to 1997, returning to Massachusetts where was a Harvard professor before his Cabinet appointment. He resumed teaching, this time at Brandeis in suburban Boston, saying he decided to enter the gubernatorial race after September 11. A Scranton, Pennsylvania, native, Reich faces challenges from Democrats Steve Grossman, a former national Democratic Party chairman, and former state Sen. Warren Tolman, as well as Republican incumbent Gov. Jane Swift.</p>

Former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to quiet a crowd of cheering supporters as his wife Clare (L) waits to introduce him at his January 9, 2002 announcement in Boston that he will run as a Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. Reich hopes to challenge Republican acting Governor Jane Swift as the Democratic nominee in the November 2002 election. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Bill Clinton's former Cabinet officials keep running for governor. First Janet Reno in Florida, then Bill Richardson in New Mexico, now former Labor Secretary Robert Reich in Massachusetts. Reich, famous as a left-winger, is at least considered more competent than the bumbling Reno and Richardson. A Democrat and professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University, Reich has never run for elective office. He has long hinted at seeking the Democrats' gubernatorial nomination will make a formal announcement Wednesday, an aide said in Boston. Controversial liberal Republican acting Gov. Jane Swift, the state's first female governor, is seeking re-election ...

Filed at 4:47 p.m. ET BOSTON (AP) -- Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich is entering the race for governor of Massachusetts, a campaign adviser said Tuesday. Reich, a Democrat and professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University, planned to formally announce his candidacy Wednesday, the adviser said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Reich left President Clinton's Cabinet in 1997 and has never run for elective office. Republican acting Gov. Jane Swift, Massachusetts' first woman governor, is seeking re-election this fall. Former national party chairman Steve Grossman and former state Sen. Warren Tolman are the only other Democrats ...

Grossman: Reich wrong on Clinton gov race neutralityby David R. Guarino Tuesday, January 1, 2002 Former President Bill Clinton has encouraged ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich to run for governor and suggested he won't take sides - even with another longtime pal in the race, Reich said yesterday. Reich said he called Clinton within the past two weeks to ``catch up'' and discuss his possible race for governor. Though there were reported fractures in their old friendship after Reich left the White House, Clinton ``was encouraging'' about the possible run, Reich said. He said Clinton indicated he wouldn't side with prominent ...

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Reich edges closer to governor's raceby Laurel J. Sweet Monday, December 31, 2001 Motivated by what he bemoans as a ``crisis of leadership'' in the state, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich hinted yesterday he will be a candidate for governor. Reich, a Cambridge Democrat who has never run for elected office, told CNN's ``Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer'' that he would ``very likely'' challenge acting Gov. Jane Swift. ``I'm giving it a lot of very serious consideration and I'll make a decision in the next couple of weeks,'' said Reich, a professor at the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis ...