Word: bachrach
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State Sen. George Bachrach, claiming to be second only to Kennedy in a recent poll, said he has not accepted PAC money...
...believes that Kennedy-bashing gets you headlines, but this time it's a charge without content," Bachrach said, noting that Kennedy has not yet accepted any PAC contributions...
Tolman, who has been preparing his candidacy for the past year, joins a race already in full swing--following the trend towards early campaigning set by candidates for the Eighth Congressional District seat held by departing Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. Bachrach is prominent among more than a dozen candidates for that office, and is one of four state legislators leaving their seats open to competition among a host of local politicians in this rare game of musical chairs...
Tolman also voiced a commitment to work for Senate rules reform if elected. Bachrach's advocacy of such measures, in defiance of Senate President William Bulger, is widely believed to have cost him a committee chairmanship and considerable influence. Tolman said he believed a coalition of liberal senators could successfully pass reform measures without being penalized...
James Spiegel, also of Watertown, who attended the event with fellow Eighth District hopefuls Bachrach, Thomas M. Gallagher, and James Roosevelt, said he was "seriously considering" endorsing Tolman...