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Rappaport--the GOP's 34-year old challenger to one-term Democratic incumbent John F. Kerry--never managed to touch his steak; a tuxedo-clad waiter silently whisked it away while the candidate was working the crowd. Still politicking, Rappaport managed to miss dessert as well...
Rappaport's tactics have earned him the scornof much of the political establishment--bothpartisan and not. What worked wonders againstKerry's ex-boss in the 1988 presidentialrace--just recall the Willie Horton and theAmerican flag television commercials--has failedmiserably in defeating the one-term senator...
Although few have criticized Thompson's voting record, he has come under attack for what some constituents perceive as inaccessability and a lack of leadership. And Cambridge attorney Larry Beeferman has already announced his candidacy, charging that the one-term incumbent has failed to meet the needs of his community...
...some of Thompson's strongest supporters from the 1988 campaign now say they would think twice before voting again for the one-term incumbent...
...commission last night reported that the remaining six spots on the November ballot were by proressive Rosaria Salerno, a one-term incumbent from Fenway with 15.4 percent; Michael McCormack, fourterm incumbent from the West End with 14.8 percent, and three-term School Committee member John Nucci, with 11.6 percent...