Robert Reich - what's the deal?

[Stinky The Clown]

I see frequent posts with quotes or essays from him. Many (most?) seem less than complimentary to the white house.

I confess to not reading even the first one of these posts.

I'd love to hear people's comments about Reich.

[Oregone]

1. He is just a qualified automobile repair man

He spends most of his time greasing bus axles.

[tigereye]

2. love the guy -very smart, very wise, very thoughtful

well worth reading.

[pscot]

3. He's a card-carrying liberal

so he can be safely ignored.

[rucky]

4. One of the few I read all the time.

and the one I agree with the most often. He wants Obama to succeed, but he calls things as he sees them, and offers sound and fair reasoning.

[Warpy]

5. Smarter than the average bear

and usually worth reading but occasionally misses the elephant in the room.

I find him a mixed bag, although his ideas are mostly good ones.

[Uzybone]

6. He was Clinton's Labor secretary

and is a good solid liberal. Great on economic issues. Not a politician per se.

Offers constructive criticism when needed towards the White House and also praises them on the many occasions they do the right thing.

[Octafish]

7. Integrity.

Robert Reich has it.

Current Blog:

http://robertreich.org/

Old Blog:

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/

[lamp_shade]

8. Sounding more and more like a sore loser.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Why do you say that? Most of the earlier responses say he's a good guy with integrity.

I'm always interested in the countervailing argument.

[lamp_shade]

11. To me he just sounds more and more like Rodney Dangerfield.

[Bluebear]

14. What did Reich "lose"?

[Bluebear]

16. ?

[IDemo]

10. This video made me a fan ->

Reich: How Unequal Can America Get?

This is a one hour video but well worth the watch - I push it on everyone I know. He's a dynamic speaker with a wealth of knowledge and a self-deprecating sense of humor. Also a true liberal.

[LaFeminist]

12. That's ok. I see Jonathan "The Iraq War is good" Chait quoted a lot, too

So that evens it out I guess.

[branders seine]

13. credible mainstream liberal Democratic commentator

good, practical perspective on economic issues in particular.

[handmade34]

15. Reich is commonsense

and smart. I respect him lots.