More Sinclair

I was so engrossed reading the book about Upton Sinclair's 1934 race to be California's governor that I've started a recent biography of him, Radical Innocent. No wonder my high school buddy kept raving about him: Sinclair had an extraordinary long life.

The election of Ronald Reagan, a former actor, as president in 1980 crowned a process that began in 1934. "This was a P.R. outfit that became President and took over the country," a former Reagan deputy press secretary later commented.

 From THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CENTURY: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics by Greg Mitchell