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Lazio's moderate brand of conservatism has won voters in a district whose ethnic and social diversity might have crushed a lesser candidate. After a gunman with a semiautomatic weapon killed six and injured 19 on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993, Lazio broke with his party to support the 1994 Clinton crime bill and the assault-weapons ban. Lazio speaks out against Big Government, but has also voted for legislation to protect access to abortion clinics...
McCarthy's decision to run resulted from two events: her husband's murder in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre and Representative Daniel Frisa's 1995 vote to repeal the assault-weapons ban. A lifelong Republican, she switched parties, announced her candidacy and immediately became a celebrity challenger--she spoke at this summer's Democratic National Convention and has received generous party support. Though Frisa has dismissed McCarthy as a one-issue candidate, he knows better than to ignore the gritty widow's challenge...
Blumenauer's record on transportation and environmental issues in Oregon helped him win Ron Wyden's House seat when Wyden replaced Bob Packwood in the Senate this year. Blumenauer helped install Portland's light-rail system, launch curbside recycling and take cars away from drunk drivers. He also opposes salvage logging. With a pragmatic and independent streak, he enjoys an added advantage in this Democratic district...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Building dams, bridges, highways and high-speed rail systems throughout the U.S. will generate long-term and high-paying jobs to resurrect the middle class, create a much-needed transportation system, reduce unemployment, reduce reliance on foreign oil and put our economy in high gear...
Alas, that socialist holdout otherwise known as the Harvard Coop will not offer any discount to its student "members" for the third consecutive year. I would take the opportunity to rail against this decision by Coop President Jeremiah P. Murphy Jr. '73, but such invective would prove futile. There is no hope that the Coop can or will turn a profit. The store's business "strategy" is, of course, the fault of its managers. But any such entrenched bureaucrats with zero financial incentive to improve performance would likely do the same thing that the Coop does: maintain...