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...also perilous in a place like New York not to show a little grit? Lazio's greatest vulnerability may be the perception that he remains, even after eight years in the House, a lightweight. This doesn't hurt him among regular Republicans, who love him to pieces for staying close to his roots, remaining polite to his elders and not rocking any boats. His supporters admire him for straddling factions, sticking with Speaker Newt Gingrich through a failed coup to depose him while staying cozy with insurgent leader Dick Armey, who led it. In a safe seat, it's fine...
Slender, California-breezy and prone to corny gay humor, the Rev. Mel White, co-head of the roving protest group Soulforce, seems a bit lightweight at first. But he has a powerful life saga, and was willing to get arrested not just in Cleveland in May and in Orlando, Fla., in June (Baptists), but plans to do likewise in Long Beach in July (Presbyterians) and possibly in Denver a week later (Episcopalians). The only transdenominational figure on the scene, he will establish the nightly-news rat-tat-tat for the entire season of contention. His attitude toward the various denominations...
...Rick Lazio (R-New York) takes the cake for best single market play, lightweight division. Normally a conservative marketeer, in August 1997 the man who would beat Hillary plunked down $2,300 on a bushel of options in Long Island brokerage Quick & Reilly, whose executives have donated $35,000 to Lazio's campaigns. Less than two weeks later, takeover rumors swirled, the stock popped, and Lazio cashed in for $16,000. Denials all around on whether anything fishy was going on. By the way, Lazio is on both the House Banking and Commerce committees...
...early spring day in 1997, Raman was a novice coxswain guiding a boat full of freshman lightweight rowers through the Charles River. As they headed towards the path of an oncoming sailboat, he thought his boat could continue full-speed ahead and pass without harm...
Raman has come a long way since then. He was the coxswain for the varsity boat for two years, and his senior year he was elected co-captain of the lightweight varsity team...