I will also note he is one of the few high level bureaucrats that I have written to that has responded with a personal letter addressing issues and questions directly, rather than sending out a useless form letter that ends up saying nothing at all.
Very interesting. Thank you!
It would be very interesting to hear from others on this---even from his detractors---if they would be forthright enough to get specific in their criticisms...something more than questions of style.
Don't get me wrong, style is not totally irrelevent at that level...but it shouldn't be everything...especially from those we look to to be setting policy in an area that is frankly 'the dismal science', after all.
Rubin had 'style', but like all things and people Clintonian, his policies were what were slowly but surely squandering the Reagan prosperity.