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...secretary of state and treasury secretary. Ditto Ann Veneman for Agriculture, Mel Martinez for HUD, and Norm Mineta at Transportation. Donald Rumsfeld, the nominee for defense secretary, probably won't face any real challenge - after all, he's done the job before - and confirmation for Spencer Abraham (Energy), Rod Paige (Education) and Anthony Principi (Veterans Affairs) is likely to be quick and clean...
...education, Bush's self-proclaimed first love, it's a Texan. Rod Paige is superintendent of schools in Houston and presumably one of the inspirations for Bush's own education dreams. Bush dusted off an old slogan for Paige on Friday, calling him a "reformer with results," and added that Paige has shown in Houston that "urban schools can be excellent schools." Oh, and he's black, which makes three in so far in the inner circle...
Starting to sound a little like Florida? Bush taking the hard Republican line on sampling would set off all the same vote-suppression firestorms and make Bush's picks of Colin, Condi and Rod Paige look like window dressing; giving the nod to sampling - for the first time in history - would be taken by GOPers as a betrayal...
...inequity is in competitive balance. Only four or five teams could afford even to consider bidding for A-Rod's services or those of, say, Cleveland Indians outfielder Manny Ramirez, who last week signed the game's second richest contract, $160 million for eight years with the Boston Red Sox. Even the demands of mid-level players are soaring beyond the reach of less well-heeled clubs. Kevin Appier, who is hardly Pedro Martinez and isn't even Kevin Brown, will be paid $10 million a year after signing with the New York Mets last week, and the average major...
...that people willingly pay to see them in action and buy the products they endorse. If Sullivan doesn't think the athletes should be allowed to bargain for their compensation because they "get to play," then who should get the extra money that a Tiger or an A-Rod attracts? The team owner or league president in the corner office who has none of the talents or skills that fans pay to see? STEPHEN VELIE Norwalk, Conn...