Rubin to endorse Clinton

November 7, 2007, 3:48 pm
Rubin to Back Clinton

By Patrick Healy

Aside from Al Gore, the biggest presidential endorsement prize that is still up for grabs from the Clinton administration is Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury Secretary and deficit hawk who remains one of the most admired economic stewards in Democratic politics.

Mr. Rubin is now ready to go public: Despite some early misgivings about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candidacy, he is scheduled to headline a major fundraiser for her on Dec. 13 in New York City, according to a memo describing the event. Democrats close to the Clinton campaign said today that he may appear at additional events, with her or former President Bill Clinton, before the primaries begin in January.

Democrats close to Mr. Rubin said today that last winter, as Mrs. Clinton moved toward announcing her bid for the presidency, he expressed concerns to friends about whether she would be the strongest Democratic nominee — and, among other things, whether her political baggage from the 1990s and her unpopularity with many Republicans and some swing voters would lead to defeat for the Democrats in 2008. A son, James Rubin, has also been a major fundraiser for a Clinton rival, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.

But these Democrats say he has been steadily impressed with her performance on the campaign trail and in the debates this year (though his opinion about her delivery in the last, contentious debate is not known by these Democrats). He has also generally favored her economic and domestic policy platforms, which have been partially shaped by two of his colleagues during the Clinton era, Gene Sperling and Roger Altman. And he overcame an initial reticence about picking a side in a multi-candidate primary race.

More at the link - http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/rubin-to-back-clinton/

You can see Healy's dripping hatred for Hillary throughout this article.

Not.

Rubin, Summers Push Free Trade
Corporation fellow and former president try to sell trade policy to Dems
Published On Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:39 AM
By CLIFFORD M MARKS
Crimson Staff Writer

Two Harvard heavyweights and former treasury secretaries told Congress’s Joint Economic Committee yesterday that the new Democratic majority must take a stand in favor of free trade.

Former University President Lawrence H. Summers and current Harvard Corporation Fellow Robert E. Rubin ’60, both Democrats who served in President Clinton’s cabinet, spoke to the committee at its first meeting under the new Congress. They delved into a range of economic issues, including income inequality and middle class discontent.

Though both are members of the same party as the committee’s majority, their testimony underscored a divide on trade policy among Congressional Democrats.

Acknowledging that globalization has had negative effects on segments of the American workforce, Summers and Rubin backed free trade to increase economic prosperity—as did the other two panelists testifying, professors at Ohio and Princeton Universities.

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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516746

Oh well!

The hell with the rest of us.

Yup.

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