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...schemers concluded that there is a hunger for a party that is fiscally conservative, socially liberal, pro-environment and in favor of campaign-finance reform. Next Sunday, the group members, which include Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, former Republican Senator and Independent Governor of Connecticut Lowell Weicker and former Democratic Senators Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts and Gary Hart of Colorado, will hold their most important call yet. They will decide whether one of them will run as an independent to challenge the two-party system. Bradley would be the most likely choice, but a recent campaign-style swing...
...There is no doubt about the fact that I'm the right man for the job," Weicker said...
...independent presidential possibilities whose names provoke excited speculation and furious whispers include notables such as General Colin L. Powell and Senator Bill Bradley. But Lowell Weicker? Wasn't he that really dumb guy on "Wings...
...Dartboard wonder: was Weicker being sarcastic in describing himself as "the right man for the job"? If so, we commend him on his sense of humor...
When it comes to self-promoting politicians who list "raising taxes" as a leisure-time activity, the American political scene has more than enough. We certainly don't need one as president. We wish Weicker a retirement as pleasant and uneventful as a Preparation-H television commercial...