Word: lakian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...John R. Lakian now wants to join their ranks. Just two months ago, his claim to fame was simply being president of Fort Hill Company, a Westwood investment firm. Today, he is the leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. Never involved in "public service" he has, in his quest so far, embarrassed men whose years in the business should have afforded them a much greater advantage...
...Lakian has a real shot at getting the party's nomination and consequently a chance at the governorship. But that should not surprise too many. Despite his previous absence from the political stage, he has two of the state's leading Republican strategists mapping out his path to the corner office of the statehuse. He also fits the New Politician's mold quite well. He is perceived as attractive and eloquent. He has the smile, the hand-pumping style, the "Hi, nice to meet you" greeting He's ethnic (Armenian) and a Vietnam...
...Common sense tells most people that experience in a field is essential for success. In what we like to think of as a meritocratic society, people "work their way to the top" of their field. Not always so in politics. Distrust of career politicians is always latent, especially now: Lakian is playing on it for all he can. "I'm going on 40. [former Governor and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate] Michael Dukakis has been running for office since I was 19," he mentions frequently. He also takes great glee in reminding listeners that it has been well over two decades...
...Republican observer predicted yesterday that Robinson's move will do the most harm to John R. Lakian, the Westwood businessman who got the convention's non-binding endorsement. The largest the field, the better it is for Lakian, because more candidates would split the vote...
...year-old representative acknowledged, however, that he faces fundraising problems in competing with Lakian, who has the convention victory behind him, and Sears, who leads in the public opinion polls...