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...Takano like many of this year's unconventional candidates has become a minor celebrity, and thus won more conventional support. House Majority leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) even visited Riverside to stump for Takano last week...
Like many of this year's outsiders, Takano has won support because he is not a creature of party politics. He disagrees with Democratic proposals for national health care and stands firmly against Bill Clinton's idea of a middle class...
...slick politician who has tailored the issues he discusses to what's on the people's minds. In fact, Takano seems to enjoy nothing more than discussing technical solutions for public education or the fuel cell as a way to improve energy efficiency...
...Takano has made minor compromises. He takes money from political action committees, he says, because he could not compete in fundraising and because some PACs "give a voice to small people...
...advice of his campaign staff, he's traded in the bow ties he wore teaching school for standard neck wear. And, as his few critics point out, Takano is not entirely a political novice, having won a seat on the board of trustees of Riverside Community College two years...