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...candidates fit the progressive bill. A handful, including front-runner Michael E. Capuano, the mayor of Somerville, support a strong, national defense. Others support charter schools and vouchers. One candidate has called health maintenance organizations the "future" of efficient and effective health care...
...money on get-to-know-me ads aimed at raising their name recognition, Gabrieli has been running substantive spots about issues like setting standards for teachers and HMO reform. He wants voters to associate him with progressive ideas, even ones that are controversial in traditional Democratic circles, such as charter public schools. Gabrieli distinguished himself in the debate, promising "to step on some toes" to get things done. His strategy seems to be working. At a subway "T" stop in Somerville, most of the morning commuters who pause to take a leaflet recognize Gabrieli and know his positions...
...closing statement, Bachrach, drew some sharp distinctions between himself and other candidates. He said, for example, that he opposes charter schoolswhereas Gabrieli supports them...
...unions' power make the drive to combine forces irreversible. And so while they concentrate for now on the tactical move of simply growing bigger, both organizations are also trying to project a new, more cooperative image. Moved in part by a Democratic President's enthusiasm for reforms like charter schools and tougher teacher standards, union leaders have in the past year begun to at least pay lip service to ideas once considered heretical. The shift was detectable last February, when the new head of the N.E.A, Bob Chase, made an astounding admission before the National Press Club in Washington...
...lawyer, Hrones said the charter thatMassachusetts granted Harvard in the 1600s maymean that the University can be held legallyresponsible for a fair election...