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This is the challenge the reform movement faces, Lanigan said. It must get the support of all the people, in the face of apathy, and any other obstacles. Recalling his defeat of DeSapio, he concluded, "the only way to make this work is sweat...
James Q. Wilson, lecturer in government, questioned many of Lanigan's assertions. Citing the poor record reform has had in this country, he advised would-be reformers to "tread warily...
...Thus, Lanigan said that the purpose of the reform movement in New York is to take the power away from "the people who are in politics to make a dollar and to return it to the people in the community...
...think the answer is that the middle class will do it," Lanigan predicted. However, the great problem the middle class reform movement faces is communication with the underprivileged class. The majority of voters "probably can't even define fallout. And yet they are citizens...
...reiterated lanigan's point that reform has not been effective in the lower classes and questioned whether it ever could be. "Is popular control of the party necessary to democracy?" In fact, true popular control of the Democratic Party might actually wenken it, since various groups respond dierently to issues, he contended...