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@mcc
I’ve been listening to a fascinating podcast on the political history of the Big Dig in Boston, and one thing that comes through is that the LBJ-ish way of gaining power & influence I assume you’re referencing — coalition-building, compromise, calculation, horse trading — really •was• effective once upon a time. The show presents the Big Dig as a case study of the twilight of that political era, and the transition to our current one.