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...candidate whose ascendancy convinced lawmakers of the urgency of health care may not be curable. A poll released today shows Pennsylvania's Democratic Sen. Harris Wofford trailing Republican challenger Rep. Rick Santorum by 10 percentage points. Just two years back, Wofford won the seat, beating GOP nominee Dick Thornburgh in an upset by promising to make health care a priority. The Keystone Poll of likely voters, conducted over the weekend, showed the Republican ahead 42-32, with 23 percent of all voters still undecided. But don't close the book on Wofford: Santorum's tracking polls show the race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEALTH-CARE CANDIDATE MAY BE OUT | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

...Democrats are hoping that election-eve efforts to drum up fear of GOP Social Security cuts are tailor-made for Pennsylvania incumbent Sen. Harris Wofford, who's slipped well behind Republican Rep. Rick Santorum, 35 percent to 46 percent, among likely voters in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/WTAE-TV poll. In a state with an elderly population percentage second only to Florida's, Santorum recently suggested the Social Security retirement age be boosted from 65 to 70 or higher; a Wofford campaign worker videotaped the remark, which is now the centerpiece in a new ad blitz.Post to 1994 Elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA SENATE . . . WOFFORD WOBBLY | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...races are close in Pennsylvania as well, with incumbent Sen. Harris Wofford's campaign against Republican challenger Rick Santorum too close to call, while Democratic Lt. Governor Mark Singel and Republican challenger Tom Ridge are in a dead heat...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Students Follow Their Home State Elections | 10/29/1994 | See Source »

After the debate, Kennedy campaign spokesperson Rick Gureghian called Romney's accusations "the cheap talking Romney is known...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Romney Uses Questionable Methods to Attack Kennedy | 10/26/1994 | See Source »

Finally, the real Nerd shows up in the form of one Rick Steadman (Daren Firestone). Willum invites him to his house because Steadman saved his life in Vietnam (shades of goody-goody Forrest Gump). Steadman's entrance is suspenseful because he wears a costume to conceal his identity. Tripping from one faux paux to the next and yet utterly naive about it, Steadman is the stereotypical nerd, but more abrasive, more annoying and goonier. He's a nerd's wet dream. Firestone sounds like Pee-Wee Herman with emphysema...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: Exagerrated Nerd Gets Its Revenge | 10/13/1994 | See Source »

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