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Copyright 1992 American Lawyer Media, L.P.
The Recorder
July 29, 1992, Wednesday
SECTION: Pg. 3
LENGTH: 979 words
HEADLINE: Clinton Draws on S.F. AIDS Specialist's Expertise;
Benjamin Schatz drafting positions for Democratic candidate
BYLINE: MIKE McKEE
BODY:
Benjamin Schatz is one of those lawyers who likes being called an activist.
He's the type who gets right in his opponent's face, and sometimes pays a price
for his stridency.
So it came as some surprise to Schatz when Bill Clinton's people came calling
earlier this year, asking the San Francisco AIDS specialist to draft the
Democratic presidential candidate's position on acquired immune deficiency
syndrome.
"People like ME are 50 used to being castigated and ignored," Schatz says.
"It's a shocker to realize that there are people in the mainstream who think WE
have something to contribute.
"I normally don't get involved in mainstream electoral politics," he
continues. "I consider my loyalty lies with people with [the human
immunodeficiency virus] and not with people in politics."
Clinton's campaign people knew that about Schatz. They also knew he would be
thorough.
"That's why 1 asked him," says San Francisco Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, a
member of Clinton's 15-member platform-drafting committee and the campaign's
California steering committee. "I knew Ben would contact the leaders, find out
what everybody wanted, use some discretion in synthesizing the materials
to formulate an aggressive plan that 1 hoped Bill Clinton would agree with."
Adds Southern Californian David Mixner, a longtime Clinton friend who's on
the candidate's national executive committee: "He had the reputation of being
extremely bright, a gifted wordsmith and, most importantly, he knew the subject.
"If you wanted to be sure you were substantively correct, and sometimes
politically correct you checked with Ben."
Schatz, 33, quickly won friends on the campaign by submitting drafts that
took strong stands in regard to prevention, education, treatment, care,
research, drug development and discrimination.
"There were very few changes made by the campaign --- and none were
substantive," says Mixner.
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