Volume 16, Number 10 · June 3, 1971
The Berkeley Takeover
By Francis Carney
On the eve of the Berkeley municipal elections on April 6, Ronald Reagan and other conservative spokesmen in California officially lamented and denounced what they called 'an impending radical takeover' in that volatile city. As soon as the election was over and before its somewhat ambiguous results could be analyzed, it was the turn of the liberal newspapers and television stations. They spoke in tones of accommodation. The San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times were gratified because the election had demonstrated that it was possible for the alienated to 'work within the system.' The New York Times confidently called the results 'another defeat for extremism' and claimed that 'the middle of the political spectrum, where almost all elections are decided, was moved to the left.'
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